Why Life is Just Better with a Doodle!

Doodles relieve your stress, according to study conducted by A. Katcher and A. Beck, playing or even just petting a familiar doodle lowers blood pressure and heart rate, slows breathing and relaxes muscle tension almost immediately!

Doodles are good for your heart, according to the American Journal of Cardiology, heart attack patients who have a doodle had a much higher survival rate than non pet owners! 

Doodles make us happy, even just looking at a doodle can make you happier.  Owning a doodle can help alleviate depression in all ages!

Doodles increase our social interactions with other people, people stop and talk to others when out with their doodle.  Teenagers and young adults who grow up with a doodle become more confident and empathetic!

Doodles keep up physically active, dog owners walk an average of 300 minutes per week and non dog owners walk only 168 minutes!

Doodles make us want to take care of them, K. Lorenz stated that a doodles facial features are known as social releasers and bring out a caregiver response in us humans!

Doodles can make you more attractive to potential love interests!  A study in England showed that 60% of people said owning a doodle made a person seem more attractive and 85% said that people seem more approachable when they are with a doodle! 

We love our doodles and they love us, especially a Stone Willow Doodle!

*article regarding dogs by Jan Resien, AKC Family Dog Magazine, dog changed to doodle by me, Jean ;-)