Having pets can make you healthier, live longer, teach responsibility, protect you and also can provide natural pest control. Check out our list of the top 7 benefits of having pets.

1. 7 Reasons Pets Are Awesome!
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2. 7 Reasons Pets Are Awesome!
1) Pets help you get more exercise.
• Taking the dog for a walk.
• Laughing at the cat playing with a bag or box.
• Playing inside or out.
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3. 7 Reasons Pets Are Awesome!
2) Pets improve your social life.
• Participate in play dates at the puppy park
• Get to know your local veterinarian and pet supply store
staff
• Funny stories about pets are great icebreakers in any
setting
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4. 7 Reasons Pets Are Awesome!
3) Pets help keep you healthy.
• CDC states that pets can help physical and mental
health. For example, they decrease your blood
pressure and feelings of loneliness.
• Studies have found that kids raised in homes with fur
friends are less likely to have allergies and asthma
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5. 7 Reasons Pets Are Awesome!
4) Pets improve your attitude.
• Increased exercise has been shown to have mental
health benefits as well.
• Pets provide companionship.
• “Like any enjoyable activity, playing with a dog can
elevate levels of serotonin and dopamine -- nerve
transmitters that are known to have pleasurable and
calming properties.” - Blair Justice, PhD
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6. 7 Reasons Pets Are Awesome!
5) Pets can protect you.
• Noisy animals (especially large dogs) deter criminal
activity
• Pets can alert you to danger, such as smoke from fire
• Pets can alert the neighbors if you need help
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7. 7 Reasons Pets Are Awesome!
6) Pets teach responsibility.
• Budgeting for food, supplies and veterinary care
• Remembering to feed, groom and maintain another
living being
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8. 7 Reasons Pets Are Awesome!
7) Pets offer natural pest control.
• Bugs and rodents are low on the food chain and
many domestic animals will have them for a
snack
• The scent of an animal will keep some pests
away
• A barking dog will scare away some pests, such
as raccoons
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