More
dog owners consider their pets to be family members than owners of
other kinds of pets - such as cats, birds and horses - and the trend of the beloved pooch being
considered a full-fledged family member is gaining traction, a survey
shows.
The Hunt of Her Life: A book about a rescue dog that will touch your heart
Two-thirds of dog owners say they view their pooch as a member of the family, according to a American Veterinary Medical Association survey of pet owners, a jump from the one-half who felt that way five years earlier, the previous time the AVMA conducted the survey.
The Hunt of Her Life: A book about a rescue dog that will touch your heart
Two-thirds of dog owners say they view their pooch as a member of the family, according to a American Veterinary Medical Association survey of pet owners, a jump from the one-half who felt that way five years earlier, the previous time the AVMA conducted the survey.
The
survey also found that fewer owners of cats, birds and horses feel
the same family-member bond with their pets. Cat owners are the
second most likely to consider their pets as family members while
horse owners are the least likely to fell strong family ties with
their pets. Those who own birds also are less inclined to feel strong
family affection toward their pet.
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THE HUNT OF HER LIFE, is a nonfiction book
about Samantha, an unwanted rescue dog who the author adopts at age 2.
This beautifully designed deluxe full-color book, by longtime newspaper journalist Joseph A. Reppucci, contains more than 60 vibrant color photos of dogs to help illustrate the compelling and uplifting
story of Samantha - a pretty tricolor bird dog who uses her warm
personality to win people over and build a new family after being put up
for adoption by a hunter because she is gun-shy and afraid to hunt.
Learn how she uses her special bonding abilities with people to help her
eventually make a transition from the hunting fields to family life. While
reading the The Hunt of Her Life, you will travel with Samantha and the
author along a trail filled with surprising twists, sudden turns,
mystery and even what some call a miracle. And when the journey is
finished, you may never look at people and their pets, motherhood - and
perhaps even God - in the same way. The
Hunt of Her Life is must reading. It will take you on a captivating
journey - a trip like no other - that will touch your heart.
A book about a rescue dog
that will touch your heart
that will touch your heart
THE HUNT OF HER LIFE, is a nonfiction book
about Samantha, an unwanted rescue dog who the author adopts at age 2.
This beautifully designed deluxe full-color book, by longtime newspaper journalist Joseph A. Reppucci, contains more than 60 vibrant color photos of dogs to help illustrate the compelling and uplifting
story of Samantha - a pretty tricolor bird dog who uses her warm
personality to win people over and build a new family after being put up
for adoption by a hunter because she is gun-shy and afraid to hunt.
Learn how she uses her special bonding abilities with people to help her
eventually make a transition from the hunting fields to family life. While
reading the The Hunt of Her Life, you will travel with Samantha and the
author along a trail filled with surprising twists, sudden turns,
mystery and even what some call a miracle. And when the journey is
finished, you may never look at people and their pets, motherhood - and
perhaps even God - in the same way. The
Hunt of Her Life is must reading. It will take you on a captivating
journey - a trip like no other - that will touch your heart.
Available at:
Createspace.com (an Amazon.com company)
Also find it on: Amazon.com
Like it on: Facebook/thehuntofherlife
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“What
this survey makes clear is that the wonderful, magical, emotional
bond between humans and their companion animals is getting stronger,
and that’s really good news,” AVMA President Douglas Aspros,
states in a media release. “We know that pets offer unique
emotional, psychological and physical health benefits to their
owners."
The
AVMA survey conducted in 2011 found:
- 66.7 percent of dog owners view their pet as a member of the family compared with 53.5 percent in 2006.
- 56.1 percent of cat owners view their pet as a member of the family compared with 49.2 percent in 2006.
- 41 percent of bird owners view their pet as a member of the family compared with 51.3 percent in 2006.
- 35 percent of horse owners view their pet as a member of the family compared with 38.4 percent in 2006.
The
survey found a surprising dichotomy in owners' growing affection for
their dogs and cats and veterinary care. Owners are feeling stronger
emotional ties to their pets, yet they are making fewer visits to the
veterinarian's office.
The
percentage of dog owning households that made no trips to the
veterinarian increased by 8 percent from 2006 to 2011. Overall, about
81 percent of dog-owning households made at least one visit to the
veterinarian in 2011, down 1.7 percent from 2006.
The
downturn in veterinary visits for cat owners was even more extreme.
The number of cat owning households that made no trips at all to the
veterinarian increase by 24 percent from 2006 to 2011. Overall,
55.1 percent of cat owners made at least one visit to the
veterinarian in 2011, down 13.5 percent from 2006.
"Unfortunately,
... people aren’t providing for their pet's medical care by
bringing their pets into the veterinarian as often as they should,"
Dr. Aspros states. "That trend is worrisome, not only in terms
of the pet’s health but in terms of public health.”
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However, owners
who view their dogs and cats as family members are far more likely to
seek veterinary care for their companions, the survey found. Dog
owners who replied that they consider their pooch a family member
brought their pet to the veterinarian's office more than twice as
many times as those who describe their dog as property. Similarly,
cat owners brought their felines to the veterinarian's office three
times as often if they saw their pet as a family member instead of
property.
The Ruff Report is a column that appears on MySetterSam.com,
a blog written by Joseph A. Reppucci, a retired editor from The Patriot
Ledger in Quincy, Massachusetts. Mr. Reppucci worked as a reporter and editor on major daily
newspapers in the Boston area for more than 30 years. He is the author
of the book, The Hunt of Her Life,
a heartwarming story about his once-in-a-lifetime rescue dog. Find it on Createspace.com and Amazon.com.
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