How dogs teach us to stop worrying and just be happy

[rangerrebew]

How dogs teach us to stop worrying and just be happy
Tom Baker was a chronic worrier until his dog Mango taught him to live in the moment.
by Dana McMahan / Nov.14.2017 / 6:08 PM ET

If you're a constant worrier, you're not alone. 40 million American adults live with anxiety disorders. One of those chronic worriers was Tom Baker, a Tennessean who runs a television production business. He worried so much, felt so hopeless, after a business failure and trouble with the IRS, he says, that it became dangerous. He lost 30 pounds as a result of the stress, and couldn't function as a father or husband.

Until he started to notice his dog's approach to life.

https://www.nbcnews.com/better/health/how-dogs-teach-us-stop-worrying-just-be-happy-ncna820836

[Applewood]

I would say all pets help us relax and enjoy life.  I used to be under a lot of stress when I worked.  It was always a pleasure to come home to my furry hot water bottle.  Whatever was wrong with the world disappeared with just a few pets.

[Sanguine]

Unfortunately, some pet owners can transfer their anxiety to their pets and create anxious, out of control pets.