Service dogs aid physically disabled or ill people. There are four main types of service canines: Hearing dogs, visual assistance dogs, medical alert dogs, and wheelchair assistance dogs. Hearing dogs help the daily lives of deaf people by alerting them to certain sounds such as the doorbell, a phone ringing, a timer going off and more. Visual assistance dogs help blind people. They help them cross the street and generally avoid obstacles. If someone in a wheelchair needs assistance then a dog can help. Wheelchair assistance dogs are so smart that they can tell whether the object that the person dropped is in or out of their reach (Weisbord & Kachanoff 171). They also open doors, retrieve objects, and help the person move their body
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Specifically for dogs that recognize high and low blood sugar are in foster homes from birth until they are given to someone who needs their help. When they are forty-nine days old, these dogs take a scent recognition test along with personality and obedience exams. Provided that they pass these tests, they are then enrolled in an obedience class and given to their families at about eleven weeks old (Castaldo 129). There are different programs for each type of service dog, such as NEADS, which is the oldest hearing dog program in the United States and it has over one thousand dogs (Ascher-Walsh 129). The most popular breed of service dogs is Labrador Retrievers due to their friendly nature, however Golden Retrievers are also common (Ascher- Walsh 61-67). Simply being around a dog can be beneficial to a person’s …show more content…
Dogs can lower your risk of getting allergies. In one study a pediatrician at the University of Wisconsin analyzed blood from newly born babies’ and then one year later. He found that if the baby lived in a house with a dog, they were twenty-four percent less likely to have pet allergies, their chances decreased of getting an allergy skin condition called eczema, and they had higher levels of certain chemicals that show signs of a stronger immune system (Davis). Similarly, another study showed that it a family had two pets; there was a seventy percent reduction in sensitivity to all allergens (Coren 221). Pets, specifically dogs, lower a person’s chance of getting allergies because exposure to endotoxins found in their spit at a young age causes someone’s immune system to have a lower chance of reacting to certain allergens (Coren 222). In addition to lower a person’s risk of developing allergies, man’s best friend can also lower blood pressure; “ In one study, stockbrokers with high blood pressure who adopted a cat or dog had lower blood pressure readings in stressful situations than did people without pets” (Davis). People who are prone to heart attacks who have pets survive longer than patients without pets. Also, if the owner is a male, then they have lower cholesterol levels and triglyceride than males without pets (Davis). However, dogs do not just benefit a person’s physical
Specifically for dogs that recognize high and low blood sugar are in foster homes from birth until they are given to someone who needs their help. When they are forty-nine days old, these dogs take a scent recognition test along with personality and obedience exams. Provided that they pass these tests, they are then enrolled in an obedience class and given to their families at about eleven weeks old (Castaldo 129). There are different programs for each type of service dog, such as NEADS, which is the oldest hearing dog program in the United States and it has over one thousand dogs (Ascher-Walsh 129). The most popular breed of service dogs is Labrador Retrievers due to their friendly nature, however Golden Retrievers are also common (Ascher- Walsh 61-67). Simply being around a dog can be beneficial to a person’s …show more content…
Dogs can lower your risk of getting allergies. In one study a pediatrician at the University of Wisconsin analyzed blood from newly born babies’ and then one year later. He found that if the baby lived in a house with a dog, they were twenty-four percent less likely to have pet allergies, their chances decreased of getting an allergy skin condition called eczema, and they had higher levels of certain chemicals that show signs of a stronger immune system (Davis). Similarly, another study showed that it a family had two pets; there was a seventy percent reduction in sensitivity to all allergens (Coren 221). Pets, specifically dogs, lower a person’s chance of getting allergies because exposure to endotoxins found in their spit at a young age causes someone’s immune system to have a lower chance of reacting to certain allergens (Coren 222). In addition to lower a person’s risk of developing allergies, man’s best friend can also lower blood pressure; “ In one study, stockbrokers with high blood pressure who adopted a cat or dog had lower blood pressure readings in stressful situations than did people without pets” (Davis). People who are prone to heart attacks who have pets survive longer than patients without pets. Also, if the owner is a male, then they have lower cholesterol levels and triglyceride than males without pets (Davis). However, dogs do not just benefit a person’s physical