From encouraging people to be more active, to reducing the risk of heart disease, to assisting us in fighting depression, we dogs can help you live longer and happier lives.
But as busy professionals, exactly what does dog ownership teach you? How can we benefit your unique lifestyle?
Here are some of the answers:
Go home early
We dogs have a limit for just how long they might be left on their own. Whether you are so busy at the office or are out and aboutdoing whatever, we dogs have restrictions on how long we should be out of the house. For professionals searching for that work/life equilibrium, the responsibility to go home early for your dog enables you to step clear of the hubbub and call it a night.
Plan ahead of time
We also put restrictions in that popular professional quality of vibrant impulsiveness. Last-minute choices and heat-of-the-moment decisions become considerably more difficult when you have a dog to consider. (At least if you care about us). This is not to say that we eliminate the periods of impulsive trips along with random fun, I’m just saying that if you care about us, allow a bit more preparation and planning before you do any of these things. This helps you take better control of yourselves and develop self-responsibility.
Makes You responsible
If you are a young professional with a roommates, sharing ownership of a dog facilitates you to work together effectively. By sharing the work, designating who does this and who does that, you get great practice from the art of teamwork: “I’ll do the walks if you take care of the feeding, ” or maybe “You pay the dog walker and I’ll take care of his food, ” or maybe “I’ll come home early this Friday in exchange for a TGIF next week, ” and many others. Sharing puppy ownership fosters those sought-after skills of cooperation and service.
Don’t just think of yourself
Almost everyone else thinks of his/her future, right? But being too focused on yourselves is the same mistake everyone else is committing. It makes you less productive and is even harmful to you (because if you think only of yourself, you don’t care about others.)
Owning a dog changes all of these. It helps us keep things in perspective, keeping the balance in our life. You are required to take care of us and stop thinking of yourselves just for a moment.