Date: 24/08/2012 11:01:16
From: bob(from black rock)
ID: 191098
Subject: What's in it for the animals?

There are many cases of a wide range of animals helping humans with many different health risk/problems, so what is in it for our animal friends? If you have any examples from personal experience, please share them here, some that I have heard are bordering on the spooky

http://www.caring.com/articles/pets-and-people

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Date: 24/08/2012 21:12:17
From: Bubble Car
ID: 191315
Subject: re: What's in it for the animals?

>Trainers who work with diabetes dogs claim that a well-trained dog can detect blood sugar drops and elevations with 85-90 percent accuracy far earlier than diabetes test kits, allowing diabetics to bring blood sugar under control before experiencing symptoms.<

That’s highly impressive.

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Date: 24/08/2012 21:13:45
From: Bubble Car
ID: 191316
Subject: re: What's in it for the animals?

As for what’s in it for the animals, I imagine for the trained ones it’s often just a small biscuit or similar edible treat :)

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Date: 25/08/2012 00:32:25
From: dv
ID: 191382
Subject: re: What's in it for the animals?

On the other hand, they are lucky we don’t eat them.

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Date: 25/08/2012 11:36:30
From: neomyrtus_
ID: 191496
Subject: re: What's in it for the animals?

Righty-ho, here are some spooky stories.

http://www.yourghoststories.com/ghost-stories-categories.php?category=14&page=1

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