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I found an interesting article about people with animals who have cancer and the positive benefits of having a pet.
http://www.ccsif.ca/how-pets-can-help-po...er-better/

It seems that yet again our pets give us so much more than we ever give them.[Image: emoticon-animal-020.gif][Image: emoticon-animal-011.gif]
So true. I think having pets encourages a state of well-being in general.

...I see someone discovered my little smiley secret, LOL. Pretty cool, huh? [Image: smiley-cool11.gif]
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Do you mean the web site that is full of free smileys?

Can they be loaded onto this forum? I recognize some of them from the old forum.
[Image: smiley-laughing021.gif] Yes I mean those smilies. I don't think they can be loaded here [as a plugin] but we can look into it. There is however a smiley plugin specifically for this software which I found the other day. I was going to send you the link, but I got busy. I will PM it to you right now. They are not nearly as fancy as the ones above, but it will give you a bigger selection than you have right now, and they will be available here on your forum.
I will set up the plugin smilies, but I might still got to the free site to get the fancy ones.[Image: smiley-gen110.gif]
I know, pets do help us very much in many ways. They give us so much, throughout their lives. The one thing many of them find so natural is unconditional love, and that has a transformative power.

I am useless at finding smileys! But I really appreciate them when other people find them for me! LOL
(I like your "Smiley-Factory" one....I've never seen that before....or the dancing bananas.)

P.S. Catherine, I like our new Header!
The new header is our latest project. Bock worked until 4am(my time) to get it set up. I cheered her on and provided the pictures.

I will get us more smilies and there is a free site.
http://www.freesmileys.org/smileys-computer-001.php

Post the code for forum and it will give you the smilie or one of the other cool icons.

I has long been known that pets help heart patients. They heal faster and have better long term survival rates. I can see how pets could help cancer patients. As you say the unconditional love and they do not judge how we look. People having chemo don't look good, but their dogs love them just as much, even more because they know when we are in need.
I wonder if pets could help in other health issues?
It isn't just having a pet that helps. It seems that therapy dogs can make things better. There is no doubt about it. Dogs make life better for us humans.
http://www.sfgate.com/pets/article/Pet-p...089148.php

In every way dogs seem to live to make life better for us.
Where would we be without our animal friends? Life would be all the poorer for all of us.
You could go through just about anything if you had a friendly dog by your side to encourage you and make you feel loved and safe. All our pets do so much more to give us better lives. Life without guinea pigs would be easier, but it would be so lacking in special moments. Watching Robbie waddling down the length of the kitchen to check things out is just too funny. He is comical.

The various dogs in my life greet me like life was not complete until I dropped by. Dogs just put so much into everything they do.
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