FAU study finds training dogs helps ease stress, slow aging in women combat veterans

Perhaps you heard about the heartwarming story that went viral earlier this month when, after an 86-year-old Destin woman fell and couldn’t get up one evening while walking her son’s dog Eeyore, the “very good boy” left her side and soon led an Okaloosa County Sheriff’s Deputy straight to the moderately injured woman.

It was like a scene out of “Lassie.”

And yet more anecdotal proof that dogs truly are “man’s best friend.”

Turns out, though, that we now have more than just anecdotal stories to showcase the myriad ways dogs can positively benefit our health. Read the full story in The Palm Beach Post.