By Erin Lynch

During the hard times in anyone’s life, it’s always good to have a friend. They can life your spirits, make you smile, and most importantly, help you see that you are not alone. Which is exactly why many hospices, clinics, and senior citizen homes are focussing part of their patient therapies to include visits from therapy dogs.

It’s a proven fact that by having a patient interact with a therapy dog, it will lower blood pressure, lower levels of anxiety, increase endorphins, and levels of oxytocin, which release feeling of happiness throughout the body.

The bottom, dogs can make life pretty awesome!

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Source: PetFlow Blog

Category: Amazing, Dog, Heartwarming, Pets in the News, Touching