10 Reasons Why A Dog Can Make Your Life So Much Better

10 Reasons Why A Dog Can Make Your Life So Much Better

Dog owners will readily tell you about the special bond they have with their pet, a bond which brightens their day. This element of companionship is important but there is a myriad of ways your dog can keep you happy and healthy.

Better Cardiovascular Health

It’s vital to walk your dog every day, sometimes more than once, and this can have positive health benefits both for you and him. Increased exercise leads to lower blood pressure and better cardiovascular health. A study in Canada found that dog owners walked for 300 minutes per week compared to 168 minutes for their non-dog owning peers.

Lowers Stress

A further positive effect on blood pressure is the calming effect that dogs have on their owners. Petting your dog reduces stress and sends a rush of feel-good hormones into your bloodstream. Serotonin, prolactin and oxytocin, the hormone connected with falling in love, are all released. No wonder dog owners are more laid back about life!


Offers Connection

We as humans all crave connection and a dog fulfills this need in two ways. First, there is the owner’s sense of companionship with the dog. Dogs are not known as ‘man’s best friend’ for nothing; and many owners sense that with their dog beside them that they can weather life’s storms. However, on a practical level dogs also foster better relationships between people. You are more likely to make connections with others when you are walking your dog as a dog encourages interaction and breaks down barriers.

Lifts Mood

Because of the connection you have with your pet a dog is also likely to help alleviate low moods. When you have to care for your dog, it can give you a sense of purpose, even in the bleakest times, and there is again that sense of connection with another living being.

Raises Immunity

Another benefit of owning a dog is that they can boost our immunity. If a baby is raised in a house with a dog, they show fewer tendencies towards allergies, asthma, colds and ear infections during childhood. This immunity boosting advantage needs to start early. The biggest benefit is seen in children who started living with a dog before they reached 6 months of age.


Work for Us

Dogs are also a huge boon in many professions. There are dogs who work with the police; customs; rescue services; and even with the armed forces. They put their lives on the line every day to protect and serve.

In a domestic setting dogs are also helping people as service and therapy dogs. There are those who are trained to help people with disabilities; some who can recognize imminent epileptic seizures; and even those who can detect a drop in someone’s blood sugar which could trigger a diabetic coma if action isn’t taken. Dogs now even enter the classroom. It has been found that children with autism and their peers relate better when a trained dog is present.

Life Saving

A dog’s nose is tens of thousands of times more sensitive to odors than our own and this gives them a unique ability in the fight against cancer. Research is being carried out in this area with dogs being used to detect lung and prostate cancer in urine samples. In 2015 the first cancer-detecting dogs were approved for an NHS medical trial with the charity Medical Detection Dogs starting a study in Milton Keynes University Hospital.


Great in the Workplace

Dogs really can offer benefits wherever they go and when dogs are present in the workplace employees report lower stress levels. This has the effect of increasing productivity and reducing absenteeism, leading to a more positive working environment.

Unconditional Love

This is something that is often taken for granted but dogs also offer us unconditional love, something that is sometimes lacking in our human interactions. It’s difficult to feel that all is not well with the world when your dog is so pleased to see you when you come home at the end of a long day.

Dogs Love Fun

Finally, a big reason that dogs are so good for us is they are fun to be around. Dogs live in the moment and are happy with the smallest things, whether that’s chasing a ball in the park or settling down next to us for an evening’s relaxation. Maybe what they can teach us about enjoying life is the biggest benefit of all.


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100 Incredible Life Hacks That Make Life So Much Easier

100 Incredible Life Hacks That Make Life So Much Easier




83 tie a small piece of bright colored fabric

    84 write random letter

      85 use a rubberband

        86 dorm smell bad

          87 lean your phone on your sunglassess

            89 how to waterproof your shoes

              90 take a picture of the name card

                91 iron inside out

                  92 old newspaper

                    93 tumble try shoes

                      keep a card like this

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                          94 soap bar

                            95 make a hole

                              96 drop the battery

                                97 use a coozie

                                  98 when taking a picture

                                    use a clean dust pan

                                      try a pants hanger

                                        use your cellphone light

                                          use a spring from an old pen

                                            quick and easy iphone speaker

                                              user binder clips

                                                wrap a wet paper towel around your beverage

                                                  put pancake mix in a ketchup bottle

                                                    clean out an old lotion bottle for your beach

                                                      use a muffin tin to serve condiments at a bbq

                                                        doritos are great for kindling

                                                          use nail polish to identify different keys

                                                            use a hanging shoe rack to store cleaning supplies

                                                              freeze grapes to chill white wine without

                                                                use paper clips to organize your cables

                                                                  almost finished your jar of nutella

                                                                    sick of having a box full of tangled

                                                                      unroll the rim to increase the capacity

                                                                        cut open toilet paper rolls and use as a cuff

                                                                          remove the stem from strawberries

                                                                            turn an old bottle into a simple little cord holder

                                                                              for iced coffee and iced cappuccino, use frozen coffee cubes

                                                                                how to fold a fitted bed sheet

                                                                                  tired of snoozing past your alarm


                                                                                      ut a wooden spoon across a boiling pot

                                                                                        use bread clips to save flip-flops

                                                                                          take pictures of friends holding items

                                                                                            how i always know which headphone is the left one

                                                                                              put a stocking over the end of a vacuum

                                                                                                How to make sure you drink enough water

                                                                                                  user a can opener to open blister

                                                                                                    good sandwich guide

                                                                                                      turn your muffin pans upside down

                                                                                                        50 pounds of groceries and living on the 5th floor

                                                                                                          the right way to make a blt

                                                                                                            add one teaspoon of baking soda


                                                                                                                hair straighteners equals to collar irons

                                                                                                                  stack your clothes vertically to see them all

                                                                                                                    the right way to make cookies in the summer

                                                                                                                      how to clean a blender

                                                                                                                        the right way to eat a popsicle

                                                                                                                          use bread clips to label and organize power cords

                                                                                                                            to get the built up residue off of your shower head

                                                                                                                              user a hair clip to orgainize long wires

                                                                                                                                a frozen saturated sponge in a bag

                                                                                                                                  rub stuck zipper teeth with a graphite pencil

                                                                                                                                    use a soda pop tab


                                                                                                                                        51 How to multiply large numbers in your head.


                                                                                                                                            rub a walnut on damaged wooden furniture

                                                                                                                                              kids fall out of bed

                                                                                                                                                use toothpaste to clear up hazy car


                                                                                                                                                    59 keep pizza out while driving home

                                                                                                                                                      60 put your straw through the tab to keep it from rising

                                                                                                                                                        hold oreos with a fork so your fingers

                                                                                                                                                          Never lose your remotes again

                                                                                                                                                            hiding your emergency money

                                                                                                                                                              use a bread tab to hold your spot on a roll

                                                                                                                                                                if you are at a hotel and run out of chargers

                                                                                                                                                                  keep a square of cardboard in a ziplock bag

                                                                                                                                                                    If you need to pee or smoke at a bar

                                                                                                                                                                      drill holes in the bottom of your garbage

                                                                                                                                                                        use an accented letter as your passcode

                                                                                                                                                                          use a squeeze ketchup bottle top with your shopvac

                                                                                                                                                                            do something unusual when locking the door

                                                                                                                                                                              when heating leftovers space out a circle in the middle

                                                                                                                                                                                dont burn yourself in those hard to reach candles


                                                                                                                                                                                    75 use a piece of paper to organize

                                                                                                                                                                                      use half a pool noodle

                                                                                                                                                                                        pencil case to store cables

                                                                                                                                                                                          78 clothespin to hold nail

                                                                                                                                                                                            79 make blts

                                                                                                                                                                                              80 take a picture of your fridge

                                                                                                                                                                                                81 fill plastic water bottles

                                                                                                                                                                                                  82 right ways to eat chips

                                                                                                                                                                                                    99 if your plug keeps failing

                                                                                                                                                                                                      100 put the banana on the wire

                                                                                                                                                                                                        88 before you throw away a post it

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