third of married women say their pet is a better listener than their spouse
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She thinks everyone should have a pet to talk to like uk canada goose her horse, Whistle, who been with her since she was 19.
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It would be a toss up whether Bill Rothschild would take a problem to his wife of 19 years or the animal he considers a pet a palm sized crayfish named Cray Aiken. His daughter brought it home four years ago at the end of a second grade science project. She doesn listen worth anything.» He doesn get much feedback from the crustacean, but canada goose coats it been a different story over the years with family dogs and cats.
«You definitely feel much more comfortable sharing your problems with them,» he said. «A little lick from cheap Canada Goose a big dog can go Canada Goose Coats On Sale a long way.»
Overall, about Canada Goose sale one in 10 pet owners said buy canada goose jacket cheap they would talk their troubles over with their pets. Just 5% of canada goose clearance sale all pet owners said they had taken an animal to a veterinarian or pet psychologist because it seemed down in the dumps. Even Canada Goose Outlet fewer said they ever given antidepressants to a pet.
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When pets become the therapists, the dogs have it. Twenty five percent of dog owners said their canines listened better than a spouse, while only 14% of cat owners chose the feline.
Ron Farber, 55, of Hoxie, Kan., said it easier to talk to his dog Buddy than his wife because «the dog doesn have buy canada goose jacket an opinion.»
«I think better out loud. He doesn care what you say or do. He Canada Goose Parka looks at you, pays attention, you walk through the problem in your mind and eventually, the answer comes. It not as easy when other people are offering opinions,» he said.
Farber would take Buddy to a vet if he needed help, but «I doubt there a dog psychologist within canada goose uk black friday 300 miles.»
A pet psychologist is also called a veterinary behaviorist. Veterinarian Karen Sueda, whose office is at the VCA West Los Angeles Animal Hospital, is one of 50 certified by the American Veterinary Canada Goose Jackets Medical Assn.
Most of her canada goose canine patients have problems with aggression and anxiety, Canada Goose Online while her cats biggest problem is failure to use a litter box, she said.
Karen Manderbachs, 38, has tried drugs for her dog Kensey, a Shiba Inu who is afraid of thunder. «She sits and full body shakes. She tries to climb the walls, will hide behind the couch. She gets frantic.»
But the first time, the pill didn take effect in time. The next, «she was so out of it, I couldn do it again.»
Without thunder, Kensey is fine and listens with the other pets three dogs and a cat as Manderbachs talks.
Sueda, the veterinary behaviorist, said she thinks everyone talks to their animals.
«Pets are great because they provide us with unconditional support. They never talk back, never give us the wrong opinion cheap canada goose uk and they are always there for us,» she said. «As much as we love our spouses or canada goose clearance significant canada goose factory sale others, sometimes they are not there, sometimes canadian goose jacket they have their own thoughts about how we should deal with situations. And sometimes, especially when it a husband or male significant other, they want to canada goose uk outlet solve the problem rather than just listening to the problem.».