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How to Stop Your Child From Tormenting Your Pet

Teaching children to respect pets’ feelings and needs will help establish a safe environment for all.

“Cat emitting bad smell,” I typed into an internet search bar, realizing quickly that cats, like skunks, can
release a powerful odour when they are anxious or frightened. A close look at Bumpus revealed the
possible stressor: Someone, it seemed, had clipped the whiskers and eyebrows on the right side of
her face. It didn’t take much sleuthing to pinpoint my son, then 7, as the perpetrator.

My son couldn’t articulate why he did it, though he said he knew he probably shouldn’t have. An
informal poll of friends and colleagues revealed that he’s certainly not the only kid to impose his will on
a household pet. They told stories of their young children (or they themselves, back in the day) doing
silly, if deranged, things to their pets — putting lipstick on a dog, dressing a beloved chicken in a bikini
top, baptizing a hamster after a particularly fiery sermon at church. That made me wonder whether
these interactions were as benign as they seemed.

Pets who share our homes are typically “incredibly tolerant” to young children’s pokes and prods, said
Tania Lanfer, owner and head trainer of Cannon Dog Training in Oakland, Calif., who works
extensively with families. But such interactions can also be highly stressful. And since families are
spending more time indoors because of the coronavirus, there is more opportunity than ever for
children to seek out pets for play. A typically mild-mannered companion might hiss, scratch or bite its
owner when pushed to its limit. And even if your pet doesn’t react on the outside, being in a state of
persistent stress can “diminish their quality of life.”

For everyone’s safety and well-being, including those of the family pet’s, Lanfer recommended that
parents and caregivers set firm rules about how kids interact with pets, ensuring that children learn to
treat them as creatures with their own preferences, feelings and boundaries.

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The Benefits of Having a Pet

We all know that pets are remarkable for their capacity to love. But how often do you think about your
pet's sense of humor? Or its ability to be goofy, or compassionate, or comforting? Animals bring a vast
number of benefits to their human companions, improving every aspect of owners' lives from their
health to their optimism and outlook on the future.

Even though animals can't speak English, study after study has shown that they are incredibly
advanced at understanding. Not only can they understand many of our words (some breeds are said
to understand up to 300 words), but they have an uncanny sense of our moods based on subtle cues
like body language, tone of voice, and demeanor. Often, when a pet is acting strangely, the key to
their behavior actually lies in the vibe we humans are putting out. Does your dog leave the room when
you're angry with the computer? Does it act aggressive when you tighten up on its leash in anticipation
of a bad interaction with another dog or person? And when you need love and affection, is your dog
the first one to come by for a cuddle?

Pets are known to affect people's health in a beneficial way. Just by their sheer presence, pets can
lower blood pressure, lower cholesterol and triglyceride levels, and reduce stress. For people who've
had a heart attack, the odds of survival jump from 1 in 87 to 1 in 15 for dog owners. Owning a pet also
seems to help people recover more quickly from illnesses and hospital stays.

Of course, there are some healthy lifestyle changes that come with owning a pet. If you have a dog,
you need to walk it every day, and you might also toss tennis balls for it in the yard or take it swimming
at the lake. Having a dog might increase your social network by getting you out to the dog park or into
town‚ and the health benefits of a stable circle of friends is well known. Pets encourage us to have a
daily routine and to get enough sleep. And they provide us with opportunities for soothing, meditative
activities like brushing and petting that help lower the heart rate, blood pressure, and stress levels.

For all the reasons above‚ and because of the good cheer, humor, and companionship pets bring‚
they're pros at reducing depression and loneliness in people. Studies have also found that nursing
home patients who have pets use fewer prescription drugs and have fewer complaints than their pet-
less counterparts. In the general public, pet owners visit the doctor less often and have fewer medical
complaints than those without pets.

Dogs also have a special skill at sensing shifts in diseases. Studies have shown that some dogs are
able to smell cancer in people. More importantly, dogs' abilities make them perfect companions for
people with dangerous conditions like epilepsy, Parkinson's, and diabetes. Specially-trained dogs can
sense the aura that precedes an epileptic seizure, and they can use this crucial pre-knowledge to
guide their person to safety.

Parkinson's patients can have problems with ‚freezing when their feet freeze in place but the rest of
their body keeps moving, causing the patient to fall. Helper dogs are trained to spot the freeze. When
it happens, they touch the frozen foot and this miraculously makes the foot unfreeze. This
phenomenon is still a medical mystery‚ no one knows why it works, but it does. Other dogs are trained
to detect low blood sugar in diabetic patients, giving them time to correct their blood sugar levels
before something serious happens.

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You've probably always known that having a pet makes you happy. It gives you a friend to do with, a
pal during walks and car rides, and a furry face to pet at the end of the day. But you might not have
known all that your dog or cat is doing for your health! From lowering stress to getting you out of
doors, the benefits of pet ownership are so many and so varied, they're really too great to count.

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QS 2. WRITE ANY ONE ESSAY OF YOUR CHOICE.

DESCRIPTIVE ESSAY -40 MARKS

1. Describe an occasion when a group of people are eating together.

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2. Describe a busy train or bus station.

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NARRATIVE ESSAY- 40 MARKS

1. Write a story that includes the words, ‘… nothing could have prepared him for what he saw

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2. Write a story that involves a character new to the area.

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