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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!

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.

Is your cat left or right pawed?

It may not be obvious from the scratch marks cats dish out, but domestic felines favour one paw over the other. More often than not, females tend to be righties, while toms are lefties, say Deborah Wells and Sarah Millsopp, psychologists at Queen’s University Belfast in Northern Ireland.

Here is a fun pet photo making the rounds on email… so we thought we’d share it with you all you pet lovers here in case you missed it.

Cat lovers will instantly relate to the proud owner of this gigantic cat while those who prefer dogs, birds, mice, gerbils or other fine pets may have other feelings…

Interesting facts about geckos…

Geckos are unlike other lizards in that they have voices, some a croak, a high-pitched chirping or a clicking sound. They feed on small animals such as rodents, small birds or other lizards, but mainly insects. They make interesting pets but many pet parents are put off by the stench of the terrarium inhabited by geckos and their food.