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Wordie (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sun Feb-19-06 10:25 AM Original message |
Study Finds Hounds Heal Hearts |
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TallahasseeGrannie (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sun Feb-19-06 10:33 AM Response to Original message |
1. I know this is true |
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Auntie Bush (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sun Feb-19-06 01:44 PM Response to Reply #1 |
16. That's a nice though that never occurred to me...Thanks, I'll remember. |
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shadowknows69 (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sun Feb-19-06 02:47 PM Response to Reply #1 |
17. I completely agree with you grannie |
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mom cat (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sun Feb-19-06 11:39 PM Response to Reply #1 |
48. I have had several clients who swore that they were prevented from |
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unblock (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sun Feb-19-06 10:37 AM Response to Original message |
2. wonder what dogs do for cat people |
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Bellamia (671 posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sun Feb-19-06 10:49 AM Response to Reply #2 |
3. Dogs remind Cat People......... |
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Raster (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sun Feb-19-06 10:50 AM Response to Reply #2 |
4. that's why there's dog people AND cat people. All along I believed that |
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unblock (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sun Feb-19-06 11:16 AM Response to Reply #4 |
6. rofl! petual orientation! |
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llmart (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sun Feb-19-06 12:54 PM Response to Reply #4 |
13. Awwwwwwwww................ |
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Raster (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sun Feb-19-06 01:24 PM Response to Reply #13 |
14. She's 6 yrs. young, born on 9/11. She's a parti-mix, and literally has |
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belpejic (431 posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sun Feb-19-06 07:04 PM Response to Reply #13 |
33. Second that recommendation of Marley and Me |
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tblue37 (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sun Feb-19-06 05:02 PM Response to Reply #4 |
25. Where do I fit in? |
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Raster (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sun Feb-19-06 05:33 PM Response to Reply #25 |
29. you are polyspiecial and a transpetual. you have the type of petlife |
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nofoil (167 posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sun Feb-19-06 07:27 PM Response to Reply #4 |
34. Yes, but how about bunny people |
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democrat in Tallahassee (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sun Feb-19-06 08:47 PM Response to Reply #34 |
36. bunny people, too! It's bunny discrimination, I tell you! |
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Lorien (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Mon Feb-20-06 01:16 AM Response to Reply #2 |
51. I seen similar studies that include a variety of species |
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Wordie (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Mon Feb-20-06 10:59 AM Response to Reply #51 |
53. Oh yes, I don't think the benefits are limited to dogs. eom |
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Arugula Latte (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Mon Feb-20-06 12:33 PM Response to Reply #2 |
55. I know that cats make me happy and healthier ... |
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RedOnce (519 posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sun Feb-19-06 11:15 AM Response to Original message |
5. Hospitals are catching on now. We were allowed to bring our |
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Wordie (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sun Feb-19-06 11:32 AM Response to Reply #5 |
7. There are specially trained "therapy dogs" who visit hospitals and other |
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Mythsaje (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sun Feb-19-06 06:11 PM Response to Reply #5 |
31. My Shiba (he's around 5 now) |
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RedOnce (519 posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sun Feb-19-06 08:10 PM Response to Reply #31 |
35. Interesting, we were told that Shiba's were aloof but... |
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Mythsaje (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Mon Feb-20-06 12:45 AM Response to Reply #35 |
49. Most Shibas ARE aloof. |
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Greyhound (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sun Feb-19-06 11:34 AM Response to Original message |
8. My therapists, Cyryll and Elizabeth |
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grilled onions (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sun Feb-19-06 11:55 AM Response to Original message |
9. Canines To The Rescue |
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Gregorian (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sun Feb-19-06 12:34 PM Response to Original message |
10. So the Bush administration is making the world sick. |
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brentspeak (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sun Feb-19-06 12:38 PM Response to Original message |
11. Therapy dogs -- sometimes they get burnt out |
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mopinko (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sun Feb-19-06 12:53 PM Response to Reply #11 |
12. makes you want to believe in karma, eh. |
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kskiska (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sun Feb-19-06 01:35 PM Response to Original message |
15. Another study: Seniors prefer dogs without the handlers |
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highplainsdem (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Mon Feb-20-06 09:25 PM Response to Reply #15 |
63. Link to the AP story on that study, on MSNBC's website: |
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AX10 (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sun Feb-19-06 03:00 PM Response to Original message |
18. kick |
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roguevalley (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sun Feb-19-06 03:11 PM Response to Reply #18 |
19. such pretty dogs in this thread. my five dachshunds got |
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renter (106 posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sun Feb-19-06 04:45 PM Response to Reply #19 |
23. 5 wieners ! |
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Wordie (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sun Feb-19-06 05:13 PM Response to Reply #23 |
27. Welcome to DU, renter (and Max) |
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pamela (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sun Feb-19-06 04:01 PM Response to Original message |
20. My sweet dog died last week. |
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KittyWampus (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sun Feb-19-06 04:24 PM Response to Reply #20 |
21. So sorry to hear of your loss. Hard to say goodbye to a fur baby |
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Raster (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sun Feb-19-06 04:44 PM Response to Reply #20 |
22. Bless your heart. My deepest sympathies. We become so attached to |
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JanusAscending (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sun Feb-19-06 05:02 PM Response to Reply #20 |
24. My heart hurts for you!! |
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pamela (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sun Feb-19-06 05:17 PM Response to Reply #24 |
28. Thank you |
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susanna (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sun Feb-19-06 10:39 PM Response to Reply #28 |
47. We just went through it too... |
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DemoTex (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sun Feb-19-06 09:05 PM Response to Reply #20 |
38. Dear Pamela |
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DemBones DemBones (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sun Feb-19-06 09:30 PM Response to Reply #38 |
41. Was Sirius the one you trained to poop on Cheney's lawn? |
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DemoTex (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sun Feb-19-06 09:50 PM Response to Reply #41 |
43. He was! Euclid Ave., Highland Park (Dallas) |
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DemBones DemBones (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sun Feb-19-06 10:33 PM Response to Reply #43 |
45. You're moving again? I thought you'd really |
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DemoTex (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Mon Feb-20-06 08:55 PM Response to Reply #45 |
61. I love the mountain life. |
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DemBones DemBones (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Mon Feb-20-06 10:06 PM Response to Reply #61 |
64. That's some cottage! |
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Wordie (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sun Feb-19-06 09:21 PM Response to Reply #20 |
40. I'm so sorry to hear that, pamela... |
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DemBones DemBones (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sun Feb-19-06 09:41 PM Response to Reply #20 |
42. I'm sorry. It's a terrible thing, |
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BleedingHeartPatriot (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Mon Feb-20-06 10:09 PM Response to Reply #42 |
65. We had an incredible Golden Retriever, he lived to 15 years and we |
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0007 (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Mon Feb-20-06 03:53 PM Response to Reply #20 |
57. I know the feeling. Takes a while for the void to disappear |
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sakabatou (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sun Feb-19-06 05:08 PM Response to Original message |
26. Well a lot of animal companions do this |
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Princess Turandot (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sun Feb-19-06 06:03 PM Response to Original message |
30. My mother was in a nursing home which had 2 resident tabbies... |
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reprobate (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sun Feb-19-06 06:28 PM Response to Original message |
32. I can personally attest to that. After my heart surgery our puppy,Rudy |
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humbled_opinion (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sun Feb-19-06 08:51 PM Response to Original message |
37. Definately... |
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Wordie (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sun Feb-19-06 09:15 PM Response to Reply #37 |
39. Welcome to DU, humbled_opinion! |
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schrodingers_cat (448 posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sun Feb-19-06 09:59 PM Response to Original message |
44. smiles, everybody, smiles........... |
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DemBones DemBones (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sun Feb-19-06 10:35 PM Response to Reply #44 |
46. Ah, so Schrodinger's cat is a dog person? |
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clyrc (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Mon Feb-20-06 12:58 AM Response to Original message |
50. When I'm sad or depressed my cats hang around me more |
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Carla in Ca (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Mon Feb-20-06 02:58 AM Response to Original message |
52. My girl, Jean, is my sig line |
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Wordie (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Mon Feb-20-06 11:05 AM Response to Reply #52 |
54. Awww.... |
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kineneb (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Mon Feb-20-06 01:09 PM Response to Original message |
56. Hubby gets chicken therapy from Henrietta |
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DemExpat (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Mon Feb-20-06 04:56 PM Response to Reply #56 |
59. She sounds lovely... |
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Orsino (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Mon Feb-20-06 04:50 PM Response to Original message |
58. Doggies would save the world... |
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Raster (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Mon Feb-20-06 09:24 PM Response to Reply #58 |
62. I'd like to teach the world to "woof" in perfect harmony.... |
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GinaMaria (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Mon Feb-20-06 06:18 PM Response to Original message |
60. I swear my cat cured my insomnia |
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DemBones DemBones (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Mon Feb-20-06 10:11 PM Response to Reply #60 |
66. Pets set a great example when it comes to sleeping -- |
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