20 Amazing Facts That Prove You Need A Dog In Your Life

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http://distractify.com/geek/science/reasons-you-absolutely-need-a-dog-in-your-life/

8. Help You Stay Away From Allergens

Food allergies are nothing to sneeze at; luckily, dogs have been shown they can be trained to detect certain allergens. So if you’re allergic to peanut butter, the dog will alert you if it detects anything with the scent of peanut in the room. Same with any other thing that may harm you or a loved one.

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1. Innumerable reasons, but this is a nice start...

[Fortinbras Armstrong]

2. My dogs, both Great Pyrenees

Certainly help with my Aspergers. As the article says about depressives, "Simply by having them around, and knowing that even at our worst, somebody loves us unconditionally and is eager to see us happy again, we’re given a reason to get up and keep going."

I get my Pyrs from Great Pyrenees Rescue of Central Illinois

[Demo_Chris]

3. I wish I were half as good as my dogs believed me to be...

I suspect that even if they knew the truth they'd still like me anyway.