Pets

Pets

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Last Saturday, I was enjoying an evening with my best buddies at Shivaji Park, Dadar. We were having ice cream, chatting and deciding place for dinner. At that moment, we all noticed that a cute little kitten passed nearby us. A kid who was going with his mother also noticed that kitten and shouted with extreme excitement “maaauuu!” He managed to escape from mother’s hand and ran behind that kitten. A poor afraid kitten hid under a parked car may be for safety reason. That sweet kid stopped close to car and bent down to see the kitty. When his mother reached up to that car, he just had a glance, said “mom, look at it!” by pointing towards car with his tiny hands. We all were the witness of such a sweet and innocent moment, which made us smile, made our evening too.

While talking with one of my best friend, I have shared this incident with her. And our discussion turned onto pets. During our discussion, few questions were playing with my mind. Just like, what is the place of a pet in Human’s life? How is it so important to have a pet in our family? What are the benefits of having a pet? And the discussion went so long which helped me to get most of the answers.

We often see cute puppies and kitties in our society. We see people taking a walk with them. Do they ever feel bad about it? No, I haven’t seen anyone carrying his/her pet with irritation. They take of it just like one of their family member and loves equally. Pets also have emotions like a human being. They are not selfish like us rather they are very innocent and honest.

We can share our loneliness with pets. People use to forget their stress, frustration when pets are around. If you don’t believe me, just go and ask a person who have a pet in his home. Pets affect your body, soul and mind. They help you to improve your well-being. They give you love, laughter and joy. They stimulate your mood. Ever being sad? Ever feeling down, depressed or disappointed? Was your day bad? Just hang out with your pet. Just play with it. Share your thoughts with it. You will feel good. Pet’s love is known to be best one after parents, as it is an unconditional love. You love them, they will love you. You hate them, they will hate you. It is as that simple!

Taking care of a pet involves many activities such as, walking with a pet, grooming a pet, playing with it. All those activities keep owner active. Taking care of a pet is the best exercise. It helps us to understand the responsibility in our life. Because of a pet, we learn how to look after someone who is close to us. We learn how to take care of our future family. We feed them, we wash them, sometimes we dress them even (I have seen my friends dressing their pets)! Pets teach us responsibility. They teach us how to love unconditionally. They teach us qualities such as patience and understanding.

Medical research has proved that pets help to increase lifespan of those who suffered heart attacks. In many cases, their presence has been known to reduce blood pressure as well.

Pets are neither a cure, nor a substitute. They are a recommendation for happiness, fun, friendship, love, activity and better health.

Sunit S. Pendse

9^th April 2014
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