Find this cute Dog website and it contains all kind of Dog breed. Just would like to share with everyone
http://www.livevideo.com/video/cute-dog-pictures.aspx
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Dorothy
www.DogMillion.com
Saturday, February 17, 2007
Cute Dog Pictures
Find this cute Dog website and it contains all kind of Dog breed. Just would like to share with everyone
http://www.livevideo.com/video/cute-dog-pictures.aspx
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Dorothy
www.DogMillion.com
Monday, February 12, 2007
Owning A Dog Is Good For Your Health
A UK study reveals that owning a dog is good for your health. And having a pet dog improves your physical and mental wellbeing more than having a cat.
This is the conclusion of a study by a senior lecturer, Dr Deborah Wells, from the Canine Behaviour Centre of Queens University, Belfast, Northern Ireland. Dr Wells has published her study in the British Journal of Health Psychology.
The study is a review of research papers that have explored the connection between domestic dog ownership and human wellbeing.
In her research Dr Wells found papers that suggest domestic dog ownership can prevent people from getting ill, recover more quickly when they do fall ill, and give warning of early signs of cancer, seizures and hypoglycaemia. She also explored the research into dogs and human psychological health, including the therapeutic role that dogs play in aiding the disabled and also in hospitals, prisons and residential homes.
An Israeli research paper said it was likely that animal companions helped people with schizophrenia feel motivated and calmer. And another UK study suggested that the companionship of a dog helped children with chronic illnesses endure painful treatments. Some of the evidence was found to be weak, but in other areas Dr Wells found strong evidence to suggest that dog owners have lower blood pressure, lower cholesterol, and are less likely to have minor and serious health problems.
In one paper dated 1985, Dr Wells found that dog owners had an 8.6 higher one year survival rate after a heart attack compared to people who did not have a dog. Dr Wells suggests there could be a number of reasons for the health benefits of dog ownership.
There is the more obvious direct effect of increased physical activity, but then there are also indirect effects such as that brought by increased social contact and the possibility that the human-dog bond provides a psychological buffer against stress.
Comparing cat and dog ownership, Dr Wells found evidence that people who take cats and dogs from rescue centres reported reductions in minor health problems such as headaches, dizzy spells and colds as soon as one month after taking their new companion home.
However, it was only those people who had taken dogs, as opposed to cats, that still had the improved health conditions up to ten months later.
Hope this articles will help you aware how improtant is Dog to our life.
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Dorothty
www.DogMillion.com
This is the conclusion of a study by a senior lecturer, Dr Deborah Wells, from the Canine Behaviour Centre of Queens University, Belfast, Northern Ireland. Dr Wells has published her study in the British Journal of Health Psychology.
The study is a review of research papers that have explored the connection between domestic dog ownership and human wellbeing.
In her research Dr Wells found papers that suggest domestic dog ownership can prevent people from getting ill, recover more quickly when they do fall ill, and give warning of early signs of cancer, seizures and hypoglycaemia. She also explored the research into dogs and human psychological health, including the therapeutic role that dogs play in aiding the disabled and also in hospitals, prisons and residential homes.
An Israeli research paper said it was likely that animal companions helped people with schizophrenia feel motivated and calmer. And another UK study suggested that the companionship of a dog helped children with chronic illnesses endure painful treatments. Some of the evidence was found to be weak, but in other areas Dr Wells found strong evidence to suggest that dog owners have lower blood pressure, lower cholesterol, and are less likely to have minor and serious health problems.
In one paper dated 1985, Dr Wells found that dog owners had an 8.6 higher one year survival rate after a heart attack compared to people who did not have a dog. Dr Wells suggests there could be a number of reasons for the health benefits of dog ownership.
There is the more obvious direct effect of increased physical activity, but then there are also indirect effects such as that brought by increased social contact and the possibility that the human-dog bond provides a psychological buffer against stress.
Comparing cat and dog ownership, Dr Wells found evidence that people who take cats and dogs from rescue centres reported reductions in minor health problems such as headaches, dizzy spells and colds as soon as one month after taking their new companion home.
However, it was only those people who had taken dogs, as opposed to cats, that still had the improved health conditions up to ten months later.
Hope this articles will help you aware how improtant is Dog to our life.
Cheers!
Dorothty
www.DogMillion.com
Sunday, February 04, 2007
Peru’s unique hairless dogs
Do you have a hairless dog? A unique hairless dog is found at Peru. His eyes gleaming with joy underneath a yellow mohawk and his tail with a little brush at the tip wagging playfully, Josh the Peruvian Hairless Dog heads out to greet tourists at
About the size of an English pointer, Josh and his kin are not guard dogs, but, rather, are guarded behind the walls of this and other historic monuments on the Peruvian coast — the hairless sight hound’s habitat for more than 3,000 years.
They are part of the historic scenery here, but the canine breed almost became history several years back. “Now we can say they are safe, saved by this project, but a few years ago the Peruvian Hairless Dog was under threat of extinction in
The breed normally has hair resembling a mohawk on the head and a tail brush, but otherwise has naked dark, very warm skin. Its history is long and rather sad, especially after the Spanish conquest starting in 1532.
Native pre-Incan civilisations used the dogs for hunting and as pets for company. They are represented on the ceramic pottery of the Chimu, Moche and Chancay cultures found on the coast.
They were sometimes mummified and buried along with people to help the departed find their way to the world of the dead or to continue serving their owners in the afterlife. The Spanish brought giant war dogs to fight the natives and would often amuse themselves by setting off one such dog against a small pack of the smaller local breed.
“There are reports it could tear four, five hairless dogs in pieces easily,” Vargas said, caressing Josh’s head.
The breed got to the 21st century on the brink of extinction, and that’s when the government decided to safeguard it by ordering all archaeological sites along the coast to have at least a pair — after Huaca Pucllana’s 1989 initiative. They are now also
“We know there are quite a few now, and there are people breeding them and people buying them here and for export - it is a luxury dog now,” Vargas said, adding though there was still a lot of prejudice against the dog’s naked skin.
Do you have a hairless dog? Tell me what is your felling about this types of Dog?
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Dorothy
www.DogMillion.com
Cheers!
Dorothy
www.DogMillion.com
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