Do you have a dog?

• Regular dog walking improves fitness levels
• Patting a dog lowers your blood pressure, therefore lowering your chances of cardiovascular diseases
• Infants are less likely to have eczema, a common skin allergy which causes red patches and itching
• Dog owners often recover faster from illnesses and have a higher survival rate after a heart attack!
• Kids have fewer sick days off school!
• Dogs can act as an early warning to detect an approaching epileptic seizure
• Dogs help improve loneliness and also help recover from personal trauma such as loss of loved ones
• Children with dogs tend to have better self esteem
• Owner a dog can alleviate symptoms of seasonal affective disorder or depression