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Posted on November 21 at 3:42 p.m.
For Binky:4. Let a pet boost your health
New research shows that owning an animal is an even more powerful way to cultivate calm than previously thought. An astonishing 82% of PTSD patients paired with a service dog reported a significant reduction in symptoms, and 40% were able to decrease theirmedications, in an ongoing study at the Walter Reed Army Medical Center. The specially trained pooches can sense before their owners do when a panic attack is coming, and then give them a nudge to start some preemptive deep breathing. "While we don’t yet understand why, we know the dogs’ presence affects serotonin levels and the immune system," says lead study researcher Craig Love, PhD. "The animals are so helpful, one soldier named her dog Paxil."
For the rest of us: Bond with Fido
Pet owners can reduce stress by building extra playtime into the day, says Carll. If you don’t own a pet, offer to take a neighbor’s dog for an after-dinner walk or cat-sit for a friend—even short outings provide enough "pet exposure" to lessen anxiety.
Posted on November 21 at 2:48 p.m.
It is true that dogs are soothed by music, and even our cat loves to sit on the piano while we play. One of our pups even likes to watch the action on the TV. We left them last week for almost six hours, for the first time. We have two adult dogs and two 7 month pups. So they did have their own company. But they were confused to see us leaving together without them. And so happy to see us return.
Funny, but now they restrict their own outings to shorter times to come home to check on us. We are fortunate to live on a mile of almost secluded beach and a lagoon in another country, and they have much freedom to romp and rollick within our little village.
We always talk to our animals in normal tones. Our dogs get a funny expression when they hear some owners talk baby talk or use a falsetto tone to their animals. Even our horses, ponies, donkeys , pot bellies ad fowl respond to our conversations with them.
Posted on October 21 at 1:39 p.m.
Living out of the country, I have been able to stay in touch via internet, so I love edhat.com and Starshine's columns. I am sure the radio picks are great also, but I do not have ccess to them.
Posted on October 16 at 8:52 p.m.
For those who meandered into the off topic subject about fish feeling pain, I suggest going to Google and typing Do fish feel pain. There one can find many studies and opinion on this subject. Feeling pain and having human emotions are two different things.
Posted on October 1 at 4:46 p.m.
to sa1: the edhat nanny does not delete your speil, she just puts it on another page with the other nasties. Here at Indy, it just disappears. Sometimes I see some remarks in reference to a comment that is no longer in print. That does get confusing.Oh, well1
Posted on October 1 at 11:39 a.m.
What a way to start a morning!! Congratulations. It is also an honor for Dos Pueblos. It is encouraging to know that there are still people who are able to instill our youth with the desire to learn and motivate them to great achievement.
Posted on September 15 at 12:18 p.m.
Those who are forming this new association seem to have positive goals, as seen in paragraph two. Acting as a group, they may be able to come up with some solutions to making Milpas a safer and cleaner area again. The problems are there already, but working together in a positive way may help to resolve some of the problems.
Posted on September 11 at 12:57 p.m.
Ruth has passed away in a Lompoc hospital. See edhat for information.
Posted on September 9 at 10:54 p.m.
I understand this complaint. I have lived near Walnut and Hollister for 45 years. Sometimes the Yard sale signs are on posts for many weeks. I always thought if one had the time to put the sign up, they should take the time to take it down. How silly of me to think that way.
On Litter Bugs
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Posted on November 21 at 10:31 p.m.
I am not sure how the pet psychic handles this problem, but we told our Tom and his honey, who is just getting ready to roost, to hide underneath our ostrich if anyone comes by giving them the turkey dinner eye. Toby, the ostrich, seems to understand his role as protector of the little compound. and the roosters on the compound also make enough noise to alert the neighbors that a predator may be around.
This is Tom and Tilly's first thanksgiving also, and given assurances, they are not stressing. Maybe looking forward to some chicks to celebrate heir first Thanksgiving. All our animals seem to choose holidays or birthdays to present their offspring. So intuitive they are.
Tell Tombo to chill out.
On De-Stressing Pets During the Holidays