Meet Fionn & Oakley I recently interviewed my friend Fionn on her journey to adopting a canine companion. Fionn is a twenty-two-year-old recent graduate student from Illinois State University. Upon graduating, she landed a content marketing job that allowed her Read more…
Psychological Health Benefits Research has shown that short-term interactions with a dog can decrease “subjective stress and circulating cortisol concentrations” (Frontier). Human stress manifests itself in several forms including, but not limited to, physical and biological health. There can be Read more…
Biological Health There is a common misconception when people hear the word “physical health.” People first assume that it has to be about body weight and whether or not someone is physically active. But this is only one of many Read more…
Social Health Dogs provide us with several health benefits, one of these being our social health. Whether you own the dog, dog-sit, or foster, you are responsible for taking it on a walk. Even if you don’t feel like getting Read more…
Haley is my childhood dog. We rescued Haley from the Wish Bone shelter in Normal, Illinois. She is one of eleven puppies found on a vacant lot in Springfield, Illinois. A family fostered her for a short period of time. Read more…