What our pets do for us

I can’t even begin to touch on how much cruelty man inflicts on their own pets and whether it is deliberate or through ignorance it is unacceptable. I think it is time to remind everyone how much the animals of this world do for us.

Guide dogs are the eyes for blind and partially sighted people they are a lifeline for the people who need them. http://www.guidedogs.org.uk/

Dogs are trained to be the hands for disabled people, this means that a disabled person can stay independent and live a full life. http://www.dogsforthedisabled.org/

Cats and dogs are trained to be therapists so they may bring happiness to the sick and the elderly, a wag of a tail or a strong contented purr can bring a smile to anyone’s face.

 http://www.petsastherapy.org/

Dogs are trained to search for people buried in rubble after earthquakes and other disasters, so many people have lived after such disasters that would not have had a chance if these dogs hadn’t been there.  http://www.nsarda.org.uk/

Horses work with police to bring order and control to the streets, they bravely step forward into situations where a man would run away. http://www.met.police.uk/mountedbranch/index.htm

These brave and special animals are often put in dangerous situations to do the work they do but they don’t complain. They don’t ask for a pay packet at the end of the month and they don’t expect anything back from us when we ask so much of them. Their thanks is a pat on the head or a favourite toy but most of all their thanks is our total devotion to them. An animal knows when they are loved and when they are safe and it is up to us to make sure that we never let them down.

BY TRACEY