Dr. Platzhund

All people in rural areas and mostly those in peri-urban areas are raised in an environment with animal contact and understanding. The high density dwellings where body corporates, in their constitutions, and property developers, in the title deeds, have placed a NO PETS policy are denying companionship for the lonely people in an isolated society, are causing pets to be relocated or euthanased, and creating a society of youngsters who have not had the privilege of growing up and...
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PETS IN RETIREMENT VILLAGES AND OLD AGE HOMES CAN DELAY THE INEVITABLE WITH QUALITY OF LIFE

Dr. Platzhund

It has become a gradual societal trend for elderly family members to be placed in retirement villages and old age homes, banished from the family structure and familiar suburban life. Any move to a new home is regarded as the third most stressful human situation following death and divorce, how much more so for senior citizens?!
Old people are lonelier today than ever before. Loneliness mus...
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Owning a pet is very rewarding and can be extremely comforting during times of sadness, loneliness, illness or periods of major adjustment. Owning a pet however, is not always fun and games. Pets might get sick or injured at one time or another and need veterinary care which can be quite costly.


PetSure was started in 1992 in partnership with Hollard with exactly these unforeseen costs in mind. It offers an insurance policy to cov...
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