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  2. Pets can have positive mental and physical health benefits ...

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    Happily, a number of recent research studies also offer evidence that having non-human family members can provide health benefits! When you pet a dog, research shows it reduces levels of the ...

  3. Pet - Wikipedia

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    Pets provide their owners, or guardians, [1] both physical and emotional benefits. Walking a dog can provide both the human and the dog with exercise, fresh air, and social interaction. Pets can give companionship to people who are living alone or elderly adults who do not have adequate social interaction with other people.

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    Mentally, this exercise has benefits too. Research has shown that an increase in movement can help with things like anxiety and depression. There are other mental health benefits to dog ownership too.

  5. Pet culture - Wikipedia

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    Office pets are animals that live in or visit the workplace. Usually office pets belong to the company but may also be the personal pet of the CEO or owner, office manager, or another employee. [12] In addition to office pets, there are also Pet-friendly work environments, where employees can bring their pets from home to work with them. [13]

  6. Therapy dog - Wikipedia

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    Tim, Therapy dog, Israel . Brian Hare, director of Duke University Canine Cognition Center, says the human-canine bond goes back thousands of years. Hare states, "Dogs have been drawn to people since humans began to exist in settlements [...] part of what makes dogs special is that they are one of the only species that does not generally exhibit xenophobia, meaning fear of strangers.

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    The benefits of pet therapy go beyond the mat. Studies have shown that therapy dogs can have very real benefits for people in all manner of stressful situations, whether we’re grieving a loss ...

  8. Dog - Wikipedia

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    Health benefits of dogs can result from contact with dogs in general, not solely from having dogs as pets. For example, when in a pet dog's presence, people show reductions in cardiovascular, behavioral, and psychological indicators of anxiety [ 266 ] and are exposed to immune-stimulating microorganisms , which can protect against allergies and ...

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