Dozens of Puppies Rescued in Animal Cruelty Investigation | Video - ABC News

Dozens of Puppies Rescued in Animal Cruelty Investigation | Video - ABC News

Animal cruelty is a real thing; it is the torture of living animals that causes them pain and even death. It takes place all over the world even here in the U.S.A.  Dogs are more often the victim of animal cruelty about “64.5% of 1,880 animal cruelty cases were against dogs” but  about “25%”  involve other animals. http://www.humanesociety.org/issues/abuse_neglect/facts/animal_cruelty_facts_statistics.html

Puppy mills are an example of the one of the most despicable things on the planet.   According to a website I found “99% of all puppies sold in a pet store are from a puppy mill”. These dogs are never petted and they spend their life in a cage. It is a depressing thing that we need to stop. To help with this a say that if you’re going to get a dog as a pet you need to research were you are getting it from or just go to the shelter and adopt a good friend from there.

 http://madonnaofthemills.com/puppy-mills/

this is one of the most sad post I have posted for my blog so far. But you have to look at the truth some times, and its just depressing. To change it we need to become active in our community shelter and help stop animal cruelty by reporting it to the police. I included the link to the locale animal shelter because change starts in our community.  

http://www.petfinder.com/shelters/IA125.html

Pets and your health

http://pets.webmd.com/ss/slideshow-pets-improve-your-health

Are pets are our closest friends; they offer companionship and a good protector. But they can also be helpful to your health. In an article I read in the link above I found 28 ways pets can improve your health. These ways have offered some good insight into owning a pet. They can help you live longer.

                Dogs aren’t the only one who can be helpful.   Owning a pet in general can help you in some way. When you stroke a pet it can help lower your blood pressure. Cats can help people recover from a stroke by giving them something to take care of that isn’t to need unlike a dog. Cats also can help prevent strokes, it is because of that calming effect a pet can have on a person. Having a cat around can also lower the chance of developing asthma in an infant.

Dogs can just do it all; they are our best tool to help people if they need help. They can act as a service do to those who need help to live alone. Taking your dog for a walk can raise you excise level and get you out of your isolation and into the world.   Having a dog or cat can also lower your rate of de3veloping allergies in a child.  We have also trained dogs to be able to tell when a diabetic needs sugar in their blood because of a drop in blood sugar level.

A dog can also be just a good therapist. When you have a dog in a therapy office it can help fight couples see how their fight affects people or animals around them. My aunt who is psychologists brings her dog to the office with her and children are more likely to open up to a dog than a grown up.

Dog and cats aren’t the only pets that can do help for the human health. Hoarse back riding is a good way to recover from a stroke, because it helps with balance and core strength.   Children with autism can work out problems by hoarse back riding it is a way to help open up to more senses.

Dogs and cats have also been helping us with cancer. They develop it to so we can study them to help understand how it works in humans. It is how we worked out prostate cancer and older men. This may be the way we find out how to completely get rid of cancer. Threw the dogs and cats we love so much. 

A mans best friend

http://www.psychologytoday.com/blog/the-human-beast/200904/why-are-humans-and-dogs-so-good-living-together

Almost everyone loves dogs, myself included. They are our best friend, are companions and the best listeners in the world. But what is it that makes dogs so special?

Dogs were the first animals that we domesticated; we have used them as protection and hunting partners.  They have profound way on how we think; a dog can teach you responsibility and good health choice by walking it.   A dog functions in a social unit similar to how we do, they “are emotionally bonded and greet each other enthusiastically after they have been separated” which we do every day when we greet people at school.  A dog can live perfectly happy in a human environment.  

We see are dogs as one of us, “40% of owners identify their dog as a family member” this is very true I count my dogs as part of my family. When people ask me how many are in your family, I more often reply “3 people and 3 dogs.” They are part of our family in a way that makes them special, dogs greet us when we get, and they will cuddle with us on cold nights when we are alone.

But along the way have we been domesticated by dogs as much we domesticated them? That is what the final idea was in the article I read. It gave some good points like how the dogs thinking part of the brain has shrunk scene it’s started out as a wolf.  Are brains have shrunk to, but not as much. So do we believe it is the entire thing is because of our dog or have the advancements in technology slowed down are brain growth and we don’t need as high senses as we us to so those parts of our brain have shrunk in size.

Whatever it is all I do know is that a dog is a man’s best friend.

The election

The idea that today’s life has been changed by the 2014 elections is a normal; I mean its election year. But the problem is that with all these commercials and ad we find ourselves losing the candidates themselves and only the rumors of who they are.

This year we have to really big candidates running for president.  Are president now and democrat position is held by Barack Obama (https://www.google.com/#hl=en&sclient=psy-ab&q=obama&oq=oba&gs_l=serp.1.0.0l2j0i3j0.2912.13353.0.16155.16.9.7.0.0.0.329.1642.0j7j1j1.9.0.les%3B..0.0...1c.1.-SRMUOvX0uk&pbx=1&bav=on.2,or.r_gc.r_pw.r_qf.&fp=bf525e541b623bda&biw=1280&bih=620). While for the republican side you have Mitt Romney (https://www.google.com/#hl=en&sugexp=les%3B&gs_nf=1&tok=WzyPjbwsasAEkrBE-nOTAQ&pq=obama&cp=4&gs_id=2c&xhr=t&q=mitt+romney&pf=p&sclient=psy-ab&oq=mitt&gs_l=&pbx=1&bav=on.2,or.r_gc.r_pw.r_qf.&fp=bf525e541b623bda&biw=1280&bih=620). They are two very different guys and they both want to be president.  I want to look at their political idea and not just the bather they give us on TV and the news I want to really understand my president so whoever he may be I will know where he will stand. These next couple weeks I will be looking at some big issues and where they stand for sure. 

Labor day

Labor Day, when you think about it, all I knew was that my family and i got out of school and work. Why is that I asked myself? Now i have found out. Labor Day happens every first Monday of September, it was first celebrated in 1882. It was created to celebrate the workers and to give them a day of rest and to thank them for the contribution to the economy. This is a holiday that is feudal  which is why we have the day off of school. These are all thing we forget about even with other holidays like Halloween which was originality a pagan festival celebrating magic and spirits.     (http://www.timeanddate.com/holidays/us/) holidays have kind of lost there meaning, i say this because what use to be one of the little days you got together with your family has become very commercialized, meaning lost to gifts and candy.  This is why we need to stop and think nabout what we are celebrating on a holiday the true meaning of one thing or what the world is telling us to celebrate.