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I love dogs, but don’t own a dog. There is a lot of talk about how great therapy dogs can be… but there is another side to the story…. \u00a0Here is my article on the topic from Bp Magazine.<\/p>\n
<\/p>\n Thanks to everyone who leaves comment under the blogs. I do read them and I learn from them. One in particular stood out. It was a comment on a blog about therapy pets such as having a dog for anxiety. The comment noted that pets are a lot of work and are NOT always the best choice for those of us with bipolar disorder.<\/p>\n I 100 percent agree. I do have a dog in my life, but it\u2019s my mother\u2019s dog and there is simply no way I could take care of this wonderful animal on my own. I tried to have a puppy once and within two nights of having to wake up to take the little cutie out to the bathroom, I realized it would never work with my bipolar. The little guy soon had a more suitable home.<\/p>\n<\/div>\n Click here to read the rest of the Why Owning a Pet Might NOT Be the Right Choice<\/a> from Bp Magazine.<\/p>\n <\/p>\n <\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":" I love dogs, but don’t own a dog. There is a lot of talk about how great therapy dogs can be… but there is another side to the story…. Here is my article on the topic from Bp Magazine.<\/p>\n <\/p>\n Why Owning a Pet Might NOT Be the Right Choice Volunteering at an animal shelter or visiting a family member\u2019s pet are other ways you can experience the mental\/physical health benefits dogs offer. <\/p>\n Thanks to everyone who leaves comment under the blogs. I do read them and I learn from them. One in particular stood out. It was a comment on a blog about therapy pets such as having a dog for anxiety. The comment noted that pets are a lot of work and are NOT always the best choice for those [ Read More ]<\/a><\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":1,"featured_media":12335,"comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"_links_to":"","_links_to_target":""},"categories":[],"tags":[138],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.bipolarhappens.com\/bhblog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/12334"}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.bipolarhappens.com\/bhblog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.bipolarhappens.com\/bhblog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.bipolarhappens.com\/bhblog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/1"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.bipolarhappens.com\/bhblog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=12334"}],"version-history":[{"count":2,"href":"https:\/\/www.bipolarhappens.com\/bhblog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/12334\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":12346,"href":"https:\/\/www.bipolarhappens.com\/bhblog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/12334\/revisions\/12346"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.bipolarhappens.com\/bhblog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/12335"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.bipolarhappens.com\/bhblog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=12334"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.bipolarhappens.com\/bhblog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=12334"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.bipolarhappens.com\/bhblog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=12334"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}Why Owning a Pet Might NOT Be the Right Choice<\/h3>\n<\/header>\n
\nVolunteering at an animal shelter or visiting a family member\u2019s pet are other ways you can experience the mental\/physical health benefits dogs offer.<\/h4>\n
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