Dogs can be healing for children: Study shows canine interaction leads to lower stress levels in kids

An unexpected benefit of adopting Annie, my family’s 40-pound, floppy-eared mutt, is the soothing effect she has had on my children. My sons often come home from a long, packed day at school and flop down on the floor next to Annie’s bed, lying quietly while she licks their fingers and cheeks. Or they’ll rub her belly, taking a beat before they pivot to dinner and homework and everything else that needs to happen before they head to bed.

Her team’s randomised, controlled trial, published in the journal PLOS ONE, included 149 neurotypical and non-neurotypical 8- and 9-year-olds in Britain, who were sorted into three groups. Spikestein is well acquainted with the therapeutic potential of canines, working with her hospital’s three goldendoodles – Professor, Amos and Moby – to sit and sometimes cuddle with children who are experiencing significant pain or who are struggling with simply being in a hospital setting. But she said it was “exciting and promising” to see a new study specifically looking at the potential role dogs could play in calming otherwise healthy children in schools.

“There is a difference between a trained animal and a household pet,” said Dr Arun Handa, an attending psychiatrist with the department of child and adolescent psychiatry at Children’s Hospital of Philadelphia. “That being said, it’s not unreasonable that household pets can provide some kind of comfort and support.”

Kids ? They can cure anyone .....

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