LESSONS FROM YOUR PET(S)

Pet owners have always been at a good position to learn from their pets. A dog’s existence consciously or unconsciously improves and helps our daily life and activities. As a dog owner, there’s more to learn from your dog that can improve your life as a person both personally and financially.

Below are some things to learn from your dog

Focus: have you ever seen a dog running after a chicken or backing at something? They pay full attention to something at a time; this teaches you as a human to stay fully focused on what you are doing till we achieve the goal we are pursuing.

Fearless: hardly will you see a dog hesitate to dabble into something that is of interest to it, for example, picking a ball from the mud, even when her legs gets tucked, she still finds her way out with her ball, this teaches us to be fearless and pursue whatever thing you want to and not giving room to failure or laziness, dogs are never afraid of achieving a goal they aspire and should be so too for humans even when you fall, rise and try again.

Nose: that’s the best part of a dog, she uses it to smell, investigate, and works together with their instinct till they unravel puzzles, luckily for humans, we also have this instinct that tells us yes/no when we want to do something, that instinct that says yes might just be the answer you’ll need to solve the puzzle you have been unable to solve, pay attention to your instinct without hesitation.

Team player: when your dog’s sees you, she jumps up, happy to have you back home, sticks around no matter what, your dog is gradually teaching you a positive way to improve in your career. When you work together with people, always stay positive, do not criticise, encourage, do your job and help others when needed, you’ll be definitely rewarded far better than the bone you reward your dog with.

Save: ever noticed your dog digging up sands and keeps bones and reserve food till when she’s hungry again? That’s your dog teaching you to save for rainy days, she’s not worried about going hungry because she knows she has something to feed on later and kept where it is safe. Take a lesson from your dog, learn to save!!!

Exercise: this is categorized as the best thing you can ever give your dog, but it’s also the best they can give you back too, dog owners who go on walks with their dogs are more active physically than people with no pet at all, regular exercise helps control, fight health conditions, improve mood, energy, better sleep, enhance sexual life and keep you lively at all time.

Protection: dogs do not defend themselves alone, have you ever noticed even a calm dog become aggressive when someone touches or moves close to its owner

According to a study in the University of Cincinnati, it shows that children who grew up with dogs health wise are less likely to have eczema or any other medical issue.

Be happy: just like a popular quote says about dogs “handle everything like a dog, if you can’t chew it or play with it, pee on it and walk away”. Dogs have a way of impacting happiness in their owners and themselves, whatever is not achievable, they ignore and move on, studies have shown that people who have pets have lots of happiness and lower levels of fearfulness and obsession than people who do not have pets at all.

Socialization: dogs can help you socialize, find your perfect mate; you tend to go out on a stroll with your dog, take her along to the gym, people tend to talk to you, like her beauty, her breed and compliments you and your pet it gives more opportunity to meet people of your type, lovers of dogs like you, your pets from there making friends with other people’s pets and most importantly teaches you to know people to avoid and play with too.

These are just part of the many things you can learn from your dog and what your dog’s indirectly teaches you as its owner. These are part of the overall benefits of owning a dog as they relate to health and happiness too; they provide security, entertainment, and comfort. Pay attention to your dog’s whining as well, she just might be passing a message across.