I was relaxing on the
couch this morning when I heard the bulldog on TV say that having a human is a
big responsibility.
Wow!
I never thought of it that way but he sure is
right.
Humans need a lot of care
if they are going to lead healthy, happy lives and dogs can play a big part in making
sure they are the healthiest and happiest they can be.
In our family, if it
weren’t for me letting Mom and Dad know what time it was, they would probably
sleep way past five o’clock in the morning.
1. Dogs help their humans keep physically fit. It’s true that people who have dogs in their
lives are much more apt to exercise. Taking them for walks is probably the biggest
way we help keep them fit but I know one dog that helps her Dad run. We also make sure that our humans get plenty
of sunshine and fresh air by playing games with them outside. Right now DixieLee is helping Dad stay fit
filling in the holes she dug.
My friend Sadie takes her
Dad hunting pheasants and I’m going to take Dad fishing soon. He says I’m the only Lab he knows who doesn’t
like water. I thought going in the water
while he was fishing might not be such a good idea so I just like to sniff
along the banks and check out the near-by fields.
2. Dogs can help improve a human’s social
life. We meet all kinds of people wherever
we go. The dog park is the best place to meet new people. If you happen to be as cute a dog as I am,
people will come up to say how adorable or whatever and before you know it, we have
a new friend.
Some dogs even take their
humans to therapy dog school. After they
complete the class, they can go to visit schools, libraries and places where
older people live.
3. Dogs are good health care providers. Just by petting a dog a human can lower their
blood pressure. Dogs can smell stuff 1,000 to 10,000 times better
than a human so some dogs are able detect bad things like cancer or let a
person know when their blood sugar is low.
Other dogs can know when a person with epilepsy is going to have a
seizure.
Dogs know how to cuddle
just right to make a person not be depressed.
4. Dogs keep people safe. One very important responsibility we dogs
have is keeping our humans safe. For
example, Mom would never have known there was a squirrel in the back yard just
now if DixieLee hadn’t been lying on the bed looking out the window. They would never know when any of our
neighbors came home or when the mail came if we didn’t let them know. We can
alert them as soon as someone turns onto our street because our hearing is so
much better than theirs.
5.
Dogs provide companionship.
We make the very best friends.
We always want to do whatever you want to do. We love unconditionally, are always happy to
see you, never criticize your singing, or find your stories boring and we are excellent secret keepers.
Even though they can be trying at times DixieLee and I take good care of our humans because they are worth it.
What job do you do that you think is the most helpful to your humans?
Zeva
P.S. Blatant self promotion: Every dog deserves to be spoiled rotten so we created our
Spoiled Rotten Dog gift basket just for them.
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