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What is Animal Therapy?
Animal Therapy is a broad term, used either for Animal Assisted Activities (AAA) or Animal Assisted Therapy (AAT). The underlying principle that makes Animal Therapy particularly beneficial for patients is that interaction with a gentle, friendly animal brings lots of positives in their overall health. It has been observed that such activities can result in lowering of blood pressure, treat depression due to loneliness, improve physical and mental stimulation, and brighten the emotional outlook.
Animal Assisted Activities (AAA) aims at improving the quality of life of target individuals or groups by educational or recreational activities related with animals or pets.
The benefits of Animal Assisted Therapy (AAT) lie in its goal-oriented approach, which aims at improvement of a specific individual in social skills, verbal skills, range of motion, attention span, etc. by using animals or pets. AAT is always supervised by a healthcare professional, who decides all the specifics of the therapy, including duration of each visit.
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Coping with the loss of a beloved pet
Have you, or do you know someone who has lost a beloved pet? This is what I call ‘grief in spades’ because many people do not understand the profound effect this can have on many pet owners and a typical response is – ‘it’s only a pet – get another one!’.
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What is a holistic pet food?
Not so long ago there were only one or two pet foods on the shelves that labelled themselves as 'Holistic'.
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Pet Food marketing - all hype and no substance?
If you have just bought a bag of pet food because the bag or label shouted out at you that this food contained...
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Nutritional Supplement Therapy for Dogs and Cats - Part 2
How do you go about looking for the right nutritional supplement for your pet as different diseases are commonly seen in different species and breeds of animals. For example, German shepherds have an increased risk of acquiring epilepsy, kidney disease, cataracts, hemophilia, and bladder stones.
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‘Alternative Medicine’ to drugs and alcohol when dealing with pet loss.
Have you heard the reaction 'It's only a pet..' when someone's pet has died and they are suffering an extreme reaction? There are many reactions to grief in all its forms and so many people find it very difficult to deal with .
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