Do Dogs Make People Happy

Besides physical health, puppies can enhance your mental health. Dogs make people happy. According to Lynette Hart, a professor at the University of California, “Studies have shown that Alzheimer's patients have fewer anxious outbursts if there is an animal is in the home” (Davis). Also, people with AIDS that have pets are less likely to become depressed than those without pets (Davis). This may be due to the fact that spending time with your dog raises levels of serotonin and dopamine in the owner, which cause feelings of pleasure and calming (Davis). Furthermore, ownership of a dog can make someone feel better about themselves. There have been quite a few studies that have shown that kids with dogs have higher self-esteem than children without dogs (Coren 148). Additionally, having a pet can improve someone’s characteristic. There have been many studies on this issue. One study demonstrated that kids that looked after dogs became more popular, cooperative and sharing, and improved the child’s role-taking skills (Coren 150). Other studies have shown that young people with pets have higher degrees of empathy compared to people without pets. Puppies also can help increase a kid’s attention span (Ascher-Walsh 63). Dogs’ abilities to help people are incredible. …show more content…
First, dogs helped ancient people to survive, which caused them to evolve and become the people that we are today. Canines’ have also helped us in the modern age by finding missing persons (search and rescue dogs), detecting danger (detection dogs), and helping the physically disabled or ill persons (service dogs). Pups have to go through extensive training before they can perform their jobs. Just being around a dog is beneficial to one’s physical and mental health. One can safely say that a dog is truly man’s best