HEALTHY DOGS hollywood pets A ctor Bradley Cooper is an animal lover and recently adopted ‘Charlotte’, a beautiful Chow/Retriever mix, at an adoption drive in Santa Monica, California. “I fell in love with her immediately,” the handsome actor with the infectious smile shares. Bradley has been seen traveling with ‘Charlotte’, taking her with him on work trips whenever possible. If a new woman comes into his life, he says, “She has to like my dogs. My dogs and I come in a package.” by Christy Oldham
What is it about the companionship of dogs that makes life with them so irresistible? Traveling is stressful enough and adding a dog to the mix is even tougher. Yet we humans do it and more for the love of just being with our furry friends.
It’s been scientifically proven that dogs keep humans healthy by lowering our blood pressure and increasing our levels of Serotonin, a monoamine neurotransmitter primarily found in the gastrointestinal tract, platelets and central nervous
system popularly thought to be a contributor to feelings of well-being and happiness. Dogs are interested in our well-being though just as much as we are interested in theirs. There are numerous scientific reports of dogs sniffing out cancerous growths on their human companions. In a 1999 case study at The Jordon for example, a patient reported that her dog would constantly sniff at a mole on her leg, and once even tried to bite the lesion off. Prompted by this, she had her mole checked out and found it to be a malignant melanoma. Dogs are not only good at sniffing out skin cancer, some can also detect bladder, lung, breast, ovarian and colon cancers. In my new book Christy Oldham’s Manual To a Happy and Healthy Dog, I talk about the healthy benefits that occur with dog companionship. Having a walking partner is fun and ESSENTIAL to your dog’s long term health. It does not matter if you provide clean water, get the proper vaccinations and feed your dog all the necessary vitamins and minerals, but don’t walk him/her, they will suffer the consequences none the less. Walking is vital for stress relief, exercise (which helps control weight gain), digestion (which relieves constipation) and agility while keeping the joints limber and lubricated. Regular walks can help reduce or even eliminate your dog’s destructive chewing, digging or scratching. It’s a mind, body and spirit connection.
Walking your dog can be thought of as a chore, but it is actually just as beneficial for the human as it is for the dog. Just as fish need to swim and birds need to fly, dogs and humans need to walk. It’s instinctual. In the wild, packs of dogs get up in the morning and walk to find food which fulfills their migration instinct.
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