Comments on Pet People Know This: Animals Are Good for You

Hi I did try find comment to reply back to someone who said wld like to hear that a dog haven't been taken away for not have vaccines up to date after when it someone. Well I'm here n it just happened last oct 9th she bit my sister's husband's brother's son which mean my in-law nephew I think anyway it was pretty bad and my dog- she never ever bit any one before ever and when that had happened, we were shocked . We ran away of course luckily we was out of town visiting my sister when it happened. We ran away to home which is on the other side of mountain.. i of course follow rules n was told to keep dog isolated and blah blah .. I found out I missed her last shot was suppose to be last April 2015! Oh boy but then on the 19th came and went, she is fine. This Saturday will get her a vaccine update shot n then sent proof update paper work to my sisters town country animal controls etc..
Just want u know that there is some ppl lucky get chance to keep unvaccained dog.
Angie

I have severe PTSD and also chronic pain from 7 herniated disks. Most of these injuries came from being an abused wife for 19 years. I now have one of my dogs as a Service Dog,Diva helps me so much with my pain. When I can't sleep she curls herself up to my back and the warmth of her body helps make the pain go away.
I have nightmares and when Diva senses this,she climbs on top of me and wakes me up. I can't go into stores,etc without her because I have anxiety so bad I simply won't go in. She makes sure that my personal space is not invaded .What she does for me on a daily bases would fill volumes.
I feel that she bring quality of life to me and I love her beyond words.
And, she is all of 19 lbs and a breed that no one would thing of being a Service Dog as she is a basenji.
I believe that without Diva,my life would be spent lock up in my room and never come out. She is my lifesaver.

I think the laughter that pets bring is probably the best medicine in the world. I laughed at the dog, who was also very playful, but the real clowns are the kitties. They are fabulous company and I talk to them throughout my day as if they were people...which they think they are. They don't pick up their toys when they're done playing, they don't alert me when I've put on mis-matched shoes and they hog the bed, just like the people in my life.

Fifteen years ago, my partner was dying of stage 4 endometrial cancer. It was a brief (4 months from diagnosis to death) but intense journey, and severe pain was a nearly constant part of it. We had 3 cats at the time, who really didn't like each other much, but managed to avoid conflict by taking turns with our attention and staking out different territories inside the house. One night, when the pain was especially bad and J. was lying contorted in the bed, all three cats marched in together, got up on the bed and formed a ring around J. and started to purr. They arranged their bodies so that all 3 were in direct but gentle contact, and they all had a purposeful demeanor totally unlike their usual affect. After a few moments, J. felt the pain begin to let up. Ten minutes later, she sat up and said, wonderingly, to the cats, "what is it you're doing?" Each cat lay down and snuggled up to her and as she petted them, the last vestiges of the pain departed. A few more minutes and the cats got off the bed and left the room. J looked at me and said, "what just happened? They took the pain away. It's gone!" And she had a peaceful night of good sleep, the first in a long time. And I never saw the three cats do anything together, ever again.