Pet therapy can be dated as far back as prehistory time when humans noticed that animals were not only used for food‚ but they were also friends and companions. Animal-facilitated therapy is one of the newer forms of medicine used throughout the nation. The origin of animal-facilitated therapy can be traced as far back as 18th century. The York Retreat‚ founded in 1792 by the Quaker merchant William Tuke‚ was cited to be the first use of animal-facilitated therapy. Instead of harsh forms of treatment
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Values of Pets to people Materialism is a way that people use to measure their social status and success. Some people think having pets is one of the values that can show the high value of their material possession; with a high value of pet‚ these people feel satisfied and successful in their life. However‚ most people do not think that having pets is a value of materialism. Most of the people think the values of pets are love of human being‚ benefit and helpfulness. One of the values that pets serve
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Dysfunctional Organizations Are Like Dysfunctional Families Dysfunction causes organizations and families to fail to meet their goals. I wish I had time to do actual digging (and research) on this‚ but other things like … making a living … make that impossible. Still‚ I have my observations‚ and here they are: The impact of dysfunctional relationships and behaviors is almost always negative. When an organization is dysfunctional‚ such as when one part of it has inordinate power‚ it will be challenged
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I had always wanted a puppy or pet since I was very young. However‚ it was fourth grade when I started to really want a dog. Every night before I went to bed I would pray and ask for a puppy for Christmas. As Christmas came and went‚ I had started to lose hope of ever being able to get a puppy. However‚ little did I know that my prayers would soon be answered. It was Saturday‚ February 26‚ 2010. It was just like any other Saturday‚ my parents were going to run some errands and I decided to tag along
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The Influence of Pet Ownership in Loneliness The idea of owning pets becomes widely spread nowadays as pets are promoted as being beneficial to health and companionship. The article “The Impact of Pets on Human Health and Psychological Well-Being: Fact‚ Fiction‚ or Hyopothesis?” by Harold Herzog considers evidence of whether pets contribute to owners’ psychological and physical health. While mentioning “pet effect”‚ the author discusses the advantages of owning pets as providing owners a sense
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Pet Therapy 1 Does Pet Therapy Improve the Health of Those Who Use it? English Composition Pet Therapy 2 This paper reviews the possible beneficial effects pet therapy can have on individuals in both a hospital setting‚ as well as the every growing technique of home health care. Pet Therapy is a fairly new and changing technique in the health care field. The hope of pet therapy is that during visits to the hospital it will help divert parent and children’s attention during
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"How should women be treated?" Women should be treated with respect‚ and they should not be embarrassed by any man. In the story "A+P‚" a young boy‚ who is named Sammy‚ stands up for what he believes is right. He shows how he feels about the way his manager treats three girls who came into the store that he works at. Sammy’s attitude toward the girls was unpleasant. He called one of them chunky‚ another had a chubby berry-face‚ and then there was the queen who led them. His attitude never changed
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care of animals is because they produce many different kinds of foods for us such as milk and meat. We also have animals to keep us company like our pets. My favourite animal is a dog. Have you ever wanted a pet? Well if you get a pet you have to take care of it. I have pet dog. We always take him for walks. We take care of him all the time. Always let your pets be free sometime in the day. They are soft and very playful. Some dogs are guard dogs. There are many different kinds of animals. At the
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My Pet My dog‚ Itsy‚ is the best pet; in fact some people tell me she is like on of my children. I have had her since she was a small‚ innocent‚ four-week-old puppy. She is a black and tan dachshund‚ otherwise known as a weenie dog. Itsy is mostly black like the midnight sky‚ although‚ all four of her paws are tan and she has a small round tan dot on the inside corner of her eyebrows. Her snout is tan with ebony down the top; it’s also long and narrow like Pinocchio’s nose
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death (WHO 2012). The stroke statistics are grim. According to World Health Organization annually there are 15 million people worldwide suffer a stroke. Of these‚ 5 million die and another 5 million are left permanently disabled‚ placing a burden on family and community. According to the Philippine Health Statistics (2004)‚ stroke kills 61.8 per 100‚000 population. It is the second leading cause of mortality in the Philippines‚ next to heart diseases. The World Health Organization (WHO) stated that
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