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Dogs and Stress Reduction in College Kids, Real or Just Perception?Colleges around the country allow local animal rescues and trained therapy dogs to visit campus and interact with students at various time during the semester. One of the most popular is dogs visiting during the week of mid-terms and final…..
Monthly Archives: February 2017
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Dogs vs. Seal Robots vs. Plush Toy Cats: Do Any of These Improve Sleep and Long-Term Mental State in Nursing Home Elderly?For researchers at Aarhus University in Denmark, the answer to this question was a resounding no. They enrolled 124 elderly participants living in nursing homes to participate in a study to test the effectiveness of twice weekly visits by dogs on…..
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Responsible Pet Owners MonthFebruary is Responsible Pet Owners Month and we are sharing 8 tips to help you be a responsible pet owner! Pets are an important part of our lives and even a part of our families, so it is important to make…..
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Have you heard of Wobbly Kitten syndrome?Meet Iris! Iris is a very special kitten. She is just three months old and has a condition called Cerebellar Hypoplasia (CH). This condition affects the cerebellum that makes up a large portion of the brain. CH occurs when parts…..
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Why do you rescue?"Every company, organization or group with the ability to inspire starts with a person or small group of people who were inspired to do something bigger than themselves." - Simon Sinek (author, motivational speaker and author of 'Start with Why')…..
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Happy Groundhog Day!Today is Groundhog Day! Will we have six more weeks of winter or an early spring? The first Groundhog’s Day was February 2, 1887 at Gobbler’s Knob in Punxsutawney, Pennsylvania. The idea behind this day comes from the ancient Christian…..