pets: Making Your Home Pet Friendly
- 03/14/21 12:37 PM
Pets play a large part in many families. While these fuzzy (and sometimes not-so-fuzzy) friends can bring a lot of fun and companionship, keeping pets happy and healthy can take a lot of work as well. One way to keep this under control is to improve the overall pet-friendliness of your home. Much like babyproofing before bringing home a new child helps to prevent accidents and other problems, putting in some time to make your home more pet friendly now will save a lot of headaches and other issues down the line. Pet-Friendly Homes There are a few different concerns you … (0 comments)
pets: The positive effects of pets
- 10/05/17 06:31 AM
Did you know that having a pet around can actually be beneficial to your physical and mental health? Here are a few ways in which your furry friend is improving your life. Companionship - The most obvious benefit to owning a pet is the consistent companionship they provide. Pets help reduce loneliness. In fact, the social support provided by therapy animals eases the symptoms of a variety of mental issues. Reducing stress - Studies have shown that interacting with a friendly animal can lower the amount of stress-related hormones in your blood stream, thus causing you to relax. Pets have also been credited with reducing … (5 comments)
pets: Reason 11 - Why You Should Own a Home
- 07/12/14 11:19 PM
Have you been told by your landlord "No Pets Allowed!"? Owning a home gives you much more freedom of having pets. Whether it be cats, dogs, fish or any other type of pet studies show the following benefits from pet companionship:
§ Pet owners are less likely to suffer from depression than those without pets. § People with pets have lower blood pressure in stressful situations than those without pets. § Playing with a pet can elevate levels of serotonin and dopamine, which calm and relax. § Pet owners have lower triglyceride and cholesterol levels (indicators of heart disease) than … (0 comments)
pets: 7 of the biggest home-buyer turnoffs
- 04/13/14 08:52 PM
Avoid these, if you do nothing else to prepare your home for sale Home sellers in hot real-estate markets — where there’s not enough for-sale inventory for the number of people who want to buy — may not feel compelled to go all out in preparing their home before listing. And they may not need to, given the reduced competition.
But they still should do the minimum: Keep the house free of common issues that send prospective buyers running for the doors, said Brendon DeSimone, a real-estate agent licensed in New York and California. In his book, Next Generation … (0 comments)
pets: Pets Can Reduce Stress, Cholesterol and Obesity
- 04/06/11 01:26 AM
Looking for a holistic way to reduce stress, cholesterol and obesity? Get a pet. Statistics show that 62% of American households own a pet. According to a national survey, most pet owners say companionship, love, company and affection are the No. 1 benefits to owning a pet. We know that pets make good companions and decrease loneliness, but numerous studies have shown other profound health benefits of owning a pet: 1. Pets help recovery from heart attacks. A National Institutes of Health (NIH) study of 421 adults found that dog owners had a better one-year survival after a heart attack, compared … (7 comments)
Pets play a large part in many families. While these fuzzy (and sometimes not-so-fuzzy) friends can bring a lot of fun and companionship, keeping pets happy and healthy can take a lot of work as well. One way to keep this under control is to improve the overall pet-friendliness of your home. Much like babyproofing before bringing home a new child helps to prevent accidents and other problems, putting in some time to make your home more pet friendly now will save a lot of headaches and other issues down the line.
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