The arrival of the First Dog, Bo, into his new kennels at the White House, has got me thinking this month about how our canine companions contribute to our well-being. The health and well-being benefits of having a dog include making fewer visits to doctors, having less stress and anxiety, and having lower blood pressure.

“… but just to be on the safe side, we’ll need to operate.”
Those are words many of us will have to deal with at some point in our lives and which happened for me earlier …