Animal lovers value their pets. They would prefer the company of their pets to a human
companion. Besides providing companionship, owning a pet has actually saved lives!
Animals are thought to have strong feelings or intuition that humans don't. Some of the amazing
examples of the strong feelings of animals are those where they have sensed a near future selfkilling
or suicide and saved human's life.
According to Sheldrake, when one woman with marital problems decided to end her life by
overdosing on pills, her 15-year-old Spaniel who had been sleeping ran in and, for the first time in
his life, began snarling viciously and barking at her
She was so shocked by his behavior that she put the bottle down and sat on the sofa. The dog
immediately jumped up next to her and began frantically licking her face, while wagging his whole
body.
Animals also decrease feelings of loneliness and isolation in making residents more likely to smile,
talk, reach out people and experience a greater sense of well being.