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General Category => Health/Education => Topic started by: rangerrebew on November 18, 2017, 01:05:38 pm
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Adopting a Dog Could Lengthen Your Life
By Robert Preidt
HealthDay Reporter
FRIDAY, Nov. 17, 2017 (HealthDay News) -- Here's to keeping your health on a tight leash: New research suggests that having a dog might boost a single person's life span.
The study tracked more than 3.4 million Swedes, middle-aged and older, for 12 years. All were free of heart disease at the beginning of the study.
https://www.webmd.com/healthy-aging/news/20171117/adopting-a-dog-could-lengthen-your-life
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Doggy ping!
@Sanguine
@RoosGirl
@Suppressed
@Old Warrior in Exile
@To-Whose-Benefit?
@austingirl
@Ghost Bear
@Hopalong Ginsberg
@Victoria33
@AllThatJazzZ
@verga
@ConstitutionRose
@berdie
@Cripplecreek
@Polly Ticks
@Millee
@mrpotatohead
@flowers
@mystery-ak
@Slip18
@Cyber Liberty
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Please let me know if you want to be added to the puppy or kitty ping lists
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I have two. Ought to have quite a few years left.
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Whether you're single or married, dogs add so much to a human life.
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Whether you're single or married, dogs add so much to a human life.
So do kitties. But you can't walk them, really.
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Doggy ping!
@Sanguine
@RoosGirl
@Suppressed
@Old Warrior in Exile
@To-Whose-Benefit?
@austingirl
@Ghost Bear
@Hopalong Ginsberg
@Victoria33
@AllThatJazzZ
@verga
@ConstitutionRose
@berdie
@Cripplecreek
@Polly Ticks
@Millee
@mrpotatohead
@flowers
@mystery-ak
@Slip18
@Cyber Liberty
To go with your lab report, a cat scan:
(https://www.johns-jokes.com/afiles/images/cat-scan.jpg)
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I've been trying to (gently) talk Mr. M into getting a pup, but he doesn't want doggy toenails scratching the wood floors. :nometalk:
Perhaps I should show him this.
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I've been trying to (gently) talk Mr. M into getting a pup, but he doesn't want doggy toenails scratching the wood floors. :nometalk:
Perhaps I should show him this.
Yes, a puppy for the holidays!
@Hopalong Ginsberg I ❤️The cat scan!
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I have two. Ought to have quite a few years left.
I have a pair of Bostons.
My son, who recently moved back home, has one too.
And my daughter, who owns a cat, is still at home.
I'm gonna be gol-durned Methuselah.
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So do kitties. But you can't walk them, really.
True. But my first cat, Peaches, loved to be chased. Chasing a cat around is good exercise for the heart. 88888walking kitty
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I've been trying to (gently) talk Mr. M into getting a pup, but he doesn't want doggy toenails scratching the wood floors. :nometalk:
Perhaps I should show him this.
But, if you keep their nails clipped, they don't even click on the floor. Petsmart will let you drop in and they do it cheap.
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Freya wrote:
"So do kitties. But you can't walk them, really."
My sister brought home a cat she found outside the barn. It was about 6-9 months old, had most of its tail cut or bitten off (still raw), and one ear was "clipped". In time, the tail healed up.
The sister didn't want the cat to go outside, but the cat persisted, so I first got a "cat harness" and took it out on the porch now and then.
Now, I take the cat out without the harness. She seems to know where to go (at least most of the time), and it's not really too hard to get her headed back inside. Most of the time she wants to chew on some grass or head for the backyard to chase birds and squirrels at the bird feeder. A more recent routine is to go to the cellar door outside, and then to the cellar stairs. Then I close the outside cellar door, go back in the house, go downstairs, open the door at the bottom of the stairs, and let her back in.
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True. But my first cat, Peaches, loved to be chased. Chasing a cat around is good exercise for the heart. 88888walking kitty
That explains it - my cats aren't insolent troublemakers; they want me to have a healthy heart.
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That explains it - my cats aren't insolent troublemakers; they want me to have a healthy heart.
888heartkitty
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To go with your lab report, a cat scan:
(https://www.johns-jokes.com/afiles/images/cat-scan.jpg)
I had a cat who always slept on the printer in the office. You had to check before you printed.
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So do kitties. But you can't walk them, really.
Kind of depends on the size of the kitty. (http://i40.tinypic.com/29gd6rs.jpg)
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Ah! You found my liger! 888catlicking
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I've been trying to (gently) talk Mr. M into getting a pup, but he doesn't want doggy toenails scratching the wood floors. :nometalk:
Perhaps I should show him this.
@mountaineer please consider a rescue group and if possible an adult or "older" dog. We are doing fostering and there are so many that desperately need good loving homes.
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I'd love to, @verga. Maybe someday!
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@mountaineer please consider a rescue group and if possible an adult or "older" dog. We are doing fostering and there are so many that desperately need good loving homes.
What kind do you foster?
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What kind do you foster?
@Sanguine We mainly get the ones that have had either physical or mental/emotional trauma.
We took Raimo (cocker poodle mix) as a respite care for a friend of ours that was fostering him while she went to visit her children in California for a month. He is Blind and epileptic. I fell in love with him and we ended up adopting him. Our next was another cocker poodle mix named Sassy. The husband had adopted the dog 10 years ago and passed away two years ago, the wife passed away last year. The Sassy was lost with out the husband and became a bit depressed, when the wife passed away she was completely lost would not eat or drink for almost a week. We showered her with affection and spoiled her rotten and got her back to being a very happy dog. The first people to look at her took her.
Next we had Cybil (10 years old) and Merlin (8 years old) They were Bichons the owner committed suicide and the dogs were left alone for 4 days with no food or water and a dead body. Cibby would not come out of the corner for 3 days I had to carry the food to her. Merlin would not let me near her at first he was very protective. Cibby had to have all her teeth removed. They also were adopted by the first people to view them.
They we got Sophie, she had been abandoned by the side of the road and was a terrier mix. She was the only relatively unscatehd one we had.She did have some trust issues but cuddling my wife took care of that. Then we got Averie. She was a pure bred mutt. She had been surrendered because the owners were moving and didn't want to take her. she had been with them for 4 years She is a Fiest Jack russell mix. Also needed a lot of cuddling, this time from me.
Next we got Levi He was less than a year old and was dropped off at a kill shelter because he was too small. He is a Chi mix. What were they expecting a lab size dog. We had him for about 2 weeks and woman took him and returned him the next week. She claimed he was aggressive to her German shepherd and he golden lab. This dog didn't have an aggressive bone in his body. He would grab my finger and hold it in his mouth and shake his head playing with me, but was never aggressive to our dogs. We had him for another two weeks and he got adopted again this time for good.
Next we had Trixie and Manny They were also Chis Trixie weighed about 15 lbs when we got her and had to put her on a strict diet. She could only walk about 15-20 yards before she began to wheeze. They were a bonded pair and were adopted together by a woman that is a Licensed vet technician and her husband.
Now we Bonita Bella (BB for short) She lived in a rabbit hutch 4 feet off the ground for about 12 years. She was a breeder dog. She is a Beagle Never given love or affection of any kind, just used to produce puppies for a mill. She has a inguinal hernia, mammary masses and needs to have a bunch of teeth removed. She is slowly coming around and starting to seek affection.
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@Sanguine We mainly get the ones that have had either physical or mental/emotional trauma.
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That's wonderful of you, Verga!
I fostered MinPins for quite a while, but don't spend enough time at home right now to continue. That may change in the future.
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@Sanguine We mainly get the ones that have had either physical or mental/emotional trauma.
We took Raimo (cocker poodle mix) as a respite care for a friend of ours that was fostering him while she went to visit her children in California for a month. He is Blind and epileptic. I fell in love with him and we ended up adopting him. Our next was another cocker poodle mix named Sassy. The husband had adopted the dog 10 years ago and passed away two years ago, the wife passed away last year. The Sassy was lost with out the husband and became a bit depressed, when the wife passed away she was completely lost would not eat or drink for almost a week. We showered her with affection and spoiled her rotten and got her back to being a very happy dog. The first people to look at her took her.
Next we had Cybil (10 years old) and Merlin (8 years old) They were Bichons the owner committed suicide and the dogs were left alone for 4 days with no food or water and a dead body. Cibby would not come out of the corner for 3 days I had to carry the food to her. Merlin would not let me near her at first he was very protective. Cibby had to have all her teeth removed. They also were adopted by the first people to view them.
They we got Sophie, she had been abandoned by the side of the road and was a terrier mix. She was the only relatively unscatehd one we had.She did have some trust issues but cuddling my wife took care of that. Then we got Averie. She was a pure bred mutt. She had been surrendered because the owners were moving and didn't want to take her. she had been with them for 4 years She is a Fiest Jack russell mix. Also needed a lot of cuddling, this time from me.
Next we got Levi He was less than a year old and was dropped off at a kill shelter because he was too small. He is a Chi mix. What were they expecting a lab size dog. We had him for about 2 weeks and woman took him and returned him the next week. She claimed he was aggressive to her German shepherd and he golden lab. This dog didn't have an aggressive bone in his body. He would grab my finger and hold it in his mouth and shake his head playing with me, but was never aggressive to our dogs. We had him for another two weeks and he got adopted again this time for good.
Next we had Trixie and Manny They were also Chis Trixie weighed about 15 lbs when we got her and had to put her on a strict diet. She could only walk about 15-20 yards before she began to wheeze. They were a bonded pair and were adopted together by a woman that is a Licensed vet technician and her husband.
Now we Bonita Bella (BB for short) She lived in a rabbit hutch 4 feet off the ground for about 12 years. She was a breeder dog. She is a Beagle Never given love or affection of any kind, just used to produce puppies for a mill. She has a inguinal hernia, mammary masses and needs to have a bunch of teeth removed. She is slowly coming around and starting to seek affection.
@verga You are my hero!!!