Here are some reasons why your pet can be your best friend-in ways you've never dreamed!--let me explain...A patients who watch an aquarium in a dentist's office before having oral surgery have substantially lower his or her- blood pressure (and less for analgesics) than those who don't. The single factor that improved survival rates of heart attack patients most was pet ownership-even more than having a spouse.Simple act of stroking any animal lowers our blood pressure.Pets act as social lubricants. Pet owners are perceived as friendlier than the norm..More people will approach and talk to a person who is walking a dog than one who is wheeling a baby carriage.For a shy person, a pet may be an ice-breaker-a pleasant, neutral topic to start a conversation.Some of us can learn how to love(and accept love)thought our pet. Many couples have taken a perliminary step toward parenthood by learning to care for an animal,So please be kind to all animals and take care...