Infinity Health & Wellness Magazine October / November 2016 | Page 10

Give Your Pets Something to Do
by Cindy Huff & Terri Noftsger
I’m sure many of you have thought that having a day
to do absolutely nothing is your idea of utter bliss.
Most of us who work don’t get to do that unless we are
on vacation or we’ve asked our spouse/partner to give
us such a day as a gift on a holiday or our birthday. If
we watch our pets throughout the day, as I am able
to do as I work at home now, it seems as though that
is what our pets do all day everyday – eat, sleep, lie
in the sun, sleep, eat… I think you get the picture.
From our perspective, we probably envy their life.
What we have found over the years with our own
pets, as well as our clients’, is that pets need jobs. It
gives them a sense of purpose, and it allows them
to give something back to us. Even cats like to do
things for us, although often they don’t like us to
know that is what they are up to. The history of the
human and dog/cat/horse relationship originated in
them providing a service to us in exchange for our
protection and care. Yes, even cats had a reciprocal
relationship with humans – they kept the rats and
mice out of the grain in the pyramids, and in turn the
Egyptians worshiped them as gods. Dogs have done a
variety of jobs for us, and this is the origin of many
of the breeds of dogs we have