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Dogs help with autistic children and so do dolphins!

Dolphin-assisted therapy could be great news for families who have children living with cerebral palsy, autism, brain damage, ADHD and Down syndrome. Therapy done in water with the aid of dolphins appears to produce dramatic positive results for children with these disabilities, according to research conducted by Dr. David Nathanson Ph. D.

He found that two weeks dolphin-assisted therapy was compared to the effectiveness of six month conventional physical and speech-language therapy!

Does Your Dog Have Rust Stains Down Its Face Like This?

Have you seen other dogs with those peculiar rust-colored stains below their eyes and down their faces? Like me, you no doubt wondered what that was from and thought, “This can’t be good.” It seems that our sense about these eye stains was correct. I did some investigation and found a some useful information about the causes of this eye staining in dogs, from Chiclet T. Dog, a dog who had this problem…

Most pet owners will tell you that owning a pet, being a pet parent, adds a new and usually better dimension to the quality of their life. If you travel the sidewalks when dog owners are walking their dogs, you can get a glimpse of this bond… people of all ages with their pets.

Instances such as these clearly show the caring bond between people and pets. Many of us have pets who are unsung heroes… that in many ways have saved us from countless accidents and major illnesses.

Pets guard us and let us know when something is wrong.

Luck of the Irish to you!
Happy St. Patrick’s Day to all the Irish folk in our readership, those who wish they were Irish and all pet owners who have Irish-bred dogs as family pets… those incredible pets include the Irish Wolfhound, Irish Red and White Setter, Irish Red Setter, Irish Water Spaniel, Kerry Beagle, Irish [...]