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Topic Tuesday //The pet effect: animals are good for our wellbeing! // Tues 18 Feb, 7pm AEDT

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Topic Tuesday //The pet effect: animals are good for our wellbeing! // Tues 18 Feb, 7pm AEDT

Whether you have a pet that makes a huge difference to your wellbeing or you have the pleasure of connecting with animals in wildlife on walks or nearby you! There are lots of ways animals impact our mental health and we have decided to do a whole Topic Tuesday dedicated to talking about just that! We may even share some funny animal memes??! Come along and get involved.

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Re: Topic Tuesday //The pet effect: animals are good for our wellbeing! // Tues 18 Feb, 7pm AEDT

Its that time of the night everyone - time to finish off but don't worry its not the end. There are a few fun threads around the forums around this topic ( EVERYTHING DOGS EVERYTHING CATS!! ) and either myself or one of the community guides will tag you all into a new thread tomorrow that continues on this specific theme for those that want to keep sharing and discussing!

Thanks to everyone (and their pets/animals) here for getting involved tonight – its been so fun to discuss the wonderful priveledge of animals in our lives and the impact they have on our wellbeing. You have all shared such wonderful insights and even strategies around connecting with animals! a big HUGE THANK YOU!!! @Former-Member @frog @Snowie @Maggie @CheerBear @Shaz51 @BlueBay @Adge @cutiepiekitty @Scoo @IZZE51 @outlander here are a bunch of cute animal thank yous to send you off for the evening too hehehe

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Re: Topic Tuesday //The pet effect: animals are good for our wellbeing! // Tues 18 Feb, 7pm AEDT

Thank you @Former-Member and everyone here tonight who made it the success todays Topic Tuesday has been.

Also here is another thread about the benefits of having pets .. one I opened a few years ago, and well worth resurrecting and dusting off. I hope I have the link correct. Its all about what we covered tonight, and more.

https://saneforums.org/t5/Looking-after-ourselves/Pets-as-therapy-and-for-our-wellbeing/td-p/114231

Sherry 🐈🐶🐟🐦🦅

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Re: Topic Tuesday //The pet effect: animals are good for our wellbeing! // Tues 18 Feb, 7pm AEDT

Coming in a bit late as we had a dinner invitation to go to ... @CheerBear let us know when you are ready.

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Re: Topic Tuesday //The pet effect: animals are good for our wellbeing! // Tues 18 Feb, 7pm AEDT

Walking the dog has been a postive thing for me & Mr Darcy who has BPii.

Our dogs have been so very important in his recovery.

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Re: Topic Tuesday //The pet effect: animals are good for our wellbeing! // Tues 18 Feb, 7pm AEDT

If you are not able to have a dog but want K9 company, you can volunteer as a dog walker to help those who are unable to walk their own dogs.

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Re: Topic Tuesday //The pet effect: animals are good for our wellbeing! // Tues 18 Feb, 7pm AEDT

Who needs an alarm clock when you have a dog??

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Re: Topic Tuesday //The pet effect: animals are good for our wellbeing! // Tues 18 Feb, 7pm AEDT

@BlueBay feeling the love from your dog

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@CheerBear

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