{"id":100039,"date":"2019-12-22T11:03:08","date_gmt":"2019-12-22T19:03:08","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/lifeboat.com\/blog\/2019\/12\/four-ways-dogs-promote-good-health-according-to-science"},"modified":"2019-12-22T11:03:08","modified_gmt":"2019-12-22T19:03:08","slug":"four-ways-dogs-promote-good-health-according-to-science","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/lifeboat.com\/blog\/2019\/12\/four-ways-dogs-promote-good-health-according-to-science","title":{"rendered":"Four Ways Dogs Promote Good Health, According to Science"},"content":{"rendered":"<p><a class=\"aligncenter blog-photo\" href=\"https:\/\/lifeboat.com\/blog.images\/four-ways-dogs-promote-good-health-according-to-science2.jpg\"><\/a><\/p>\n<p>It\u2019s true that dogs demand a lot from their owners\u2014but they also offer a lot in return.<\/p>\n<p><img decoding=\"async\" class=\"aligncenter\" alt=\"photo of woman and dog\" src=\"https:\/\/polaris.mdpcdn.com\/mcz\/images\/4\/4c\/4c328e974e29a499498419a2d26b7ed0\/1575923297.png\" \/><\/p>\n<p>Are you on the fence about <a arial-label=\"getting a dog_textLink\" data-clickable-id=\"29256\" data-clickable-reference-name=\"getting a dog_textLink\" href=\"https:\/\/www.marthastewart.com\/1530421\/adopting-a-shelter-dog-what-to-expect-from-your-new-pet\" target=\"_blank\">getting a dog<\/a>? Worried that he\u2019ll pee on the carpet or chew the furniture? Well, he might\u2014at least at first. But he\u2019ll also add so much joy and love to your life. And the benefits of having a dog don\u2019t stop at him being adorable and snuggly; according to a growing body of science, dogs can be good for your physical and mental health, too. Here\u2019s what the research has to say:<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>It\u2019s true that dogs demand a lot from their owners\u2014but they also offer a lot in return. Are you on the fence about getting a dog? Worried that he\u2019ll pee on the carpet or chew the furniture? Well, he might\u2014at least at first. But he\u2019ll also add so much joy and love to your life. [\u2026]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":396,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[1495,47,224],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-100039","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","hentry","category-health","category-neuroscience","category-science"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/lifeboat.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/100039","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/lifeboat.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/lifeboat.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/lifeboat.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/396"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/lifeboat.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=100039"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/lifeboat.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/100039\/revisions"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/lifeboat.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=100039"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/lifeboat.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=100039"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/lifeboat.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=100039"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}