Imagine your future self coming home from a tough day at work. The day was restless, as you were constantly working and thinking about everybody else’s problems. Once you open the front door, you are welcomed to a black, empty room. In this reality you are alone. No one is around to make you feel heard or comforted.
If you grew up with a dog, it’s likely you will go to bed at night and think back to your past memories of happiness with your childhood dog. In those memories, you are playing outside with your first dog that ever came into your life. You are running back and forth through the yard throwing toys for your dog to go and get.
Nearly every child who grew up with one remembers their first dog, but not every home gives a dog a chance to change their life.
But this can be a chance to change yours.
Morning after morning, many people find a good routine with having dogs in their life and appreciating how they shape their days. Whether that is giving children schedules for their family’s dog or going on daily walks, a sense of purpose is brought to individuals and in all families when a dog is involved. Even just the feeling of companionship shapes a person’s well-being.
Peak City is a professional petcare business that provides services like dog walking, petsitting, overnight care and plenty of other puppy services. This business understands the value of happy employees and has implemented trust in their relationships. Many employees have experience daily with dogs and understand the value within them.
“Pets provide unconditional love and loyalty, offering comfort and security in times of loneliness or stress,” according to PeakCity. “An animal’s presence can help lift a person’s mood and provide emotional support.”
With a dog comes more excitement and meaning into your life. Whether you live alone or with another person, many people strive to find a purpose in their day-to-day lives, which a dog can bring.
“If you are in a bad mood during the day and you come home to see [a dog], it just makes everyone happy,” sophomore dog owner Matt Crabb said.
Even teenagers understand the importance of having someone always there to bring happiness to their hardest days.
In many families, it can be a struggle to keep families together and provide closeness. Having a dog to center a family means there is always a pull that will keep family members together, even when separated physically.
“These days in most families, members have limited interaction with each other due to different working hours, busy schedules, and then thanks to social media that keeps us all hooked,” according to author Jenny Perkins. “Once you get a pet this changes…For instance, if you get a dog, you and your kids can go together to walk him around the park. It would provide you an opportunity to interact with your kids and have a heart to heart conversation, especially with the teenagers. Those who are off to college and are away from home would frequently call to check on their furry friend.”
Many families realize how important a dog is for family closeness. Dogs bring love and ultimately that creates the perfect bridge in family gaps that most families may not even know they have.
“They are so much a part of our family that they come with us to our in-laws’ house,” English teacher Christina Staker said.
When parents look back, one of the biggest jolts to their memory is often a dog bringing happiness to their family. Though sometimes dogs can be chaotic and even challenging, no parent would ever regret how they made their children feel when they made the choice to bring home a dog.
Families that don’t own dogs claim that they are lots of work and are time consuming.
Staker has stated that some of the biggest challenges of owning a dog are vacations, cleanliness of a home and the financial burdens.
If any of these things sound familiar, that is because kids also come with these responsibilities. Through all of this Staker emphasizes that the emotional connections and the love they bring to a family is all worth it in the end.
Dog parents understand the responsibilities of owning a dog and recognize the value a dog brings in their family’s lives. With both these aspects bringing love and emotional connections into a home, dogs are very much similar to kids.
