Sanctuary: The pleasure of pets

In the eyes of your four-legged friend, it never matters what kind of day you've had, where you've been, or what you've done...they will love you unconditionally.  How is it that they seem to know when you're feeling out of sorts?  They'll just come and sit beside you and 'lean', or rest their head in your lap.  I've read many times about the physical and mental health advantages of owning a pet, and it really does seem that stroking them is not only relaxing for them, but for us too!

Sanctuary - Health

  Throughout January, and now into February, my family has been in the grip of coughs, colds, sickness and sore throats.  My son had a nasty flu-like bug for about a month, my daughter had something similar but with the worst sinus pain she’d ever experienced (all in the midst of mock exams, too), and hubby had man-flu.  I’ve had a blocked ear and a really sore throat, on and off for a while, and it came back with a vengeance last week.  So aren’t you all glad you’re not living in this house?!  Perhaps there should be a sign outside the door painted with a red cross?  There might even be a man with a hand cart walking up and down the road beating some kind of iron drum shouting, ‘Bring out your dead’ in true Monty Python style.  Watch this to see what I mean...  The never-ending storms we’re experiencing here on the borderland of England and Wales don’t help, that’s for sure, but at least we’re not flooded, like lots of other people are across the country at the moment (and big hugs go out to everyone suffering).  It is so grey and wet and much colder today than it has been, and...well, it is like something out of a plague-ridden medieval drama.