3. German Shepherd kisses may also improve your health!
Dogs are known for a sense of smell so powerful it can detect danger and diseases in humans. Often guard dogs and companions, we consider them our best friend. German Shepherds are no exception.
But as this recent study from the University of Arizona (UA) aims to prove, dogs may also be man's best medicine.
This new study aims to show that microbes exchanged between dogs and people may have a positive probiotic effect on the human body that affects our overall health.
“We think dogs might work as probiotics to enhance the health of the bacteria that live in our guts. These bacteria, or ‘microbiota,' are increasingly recognized as playing an essential role in our mental and physical health, especially as we age,” said Dr. Charles Raison, principal investigator for the study and a UA professor of psychiatry in the College of Medicine.
Source: The University of Arizona
Tammy Germiller
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Oh so true. Love my gal to the moon
Jo Eichler
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Had shepard when my kids were tiny. We were fishing one day on a dock. A little boy reached for their tackle box. Prince gently took the little ones hand in his mouth and said no no in doggie language. Amazing dogs very protective.
Crystal Kucharski
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Gina Musolino
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Kevin Clarke
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Anne Thompson
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can be said of all breeds
Yvonne Wright
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The best dog breed in the world.
Haley Loftus
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Jason Priegel
Cathy Lawrence
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Best dogs ever!!!
John Raftery
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Why would you do that?
Deborah Buckman
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Our Vet told us depends on breeding and how trained.
Gary Miller
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I agree with most of them except the one where it says German Shepherds don’t understand speech’s, my German Shepherd had the runs a couple of weeks ago and I told her if she wanted to go out just wake me up and I’ll let you out, she woke me up at 4 in the morning and I let her out, so I like think it what I said to her.
Marta Zuromska
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Paweł
Jessica Maugle
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Joanne Maugle read this to dad
Lisa Harrison Brownlee
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when my son was born, my GSD slept UNDER the bassinett &/or crib….never once touch the bassinette
Justin Klarner
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Lisa Klarner I’m sold!
Steven Wood
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Katrina Webb ❤️
FunBuzz Million
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Who else loves ?
Voncester Tucker
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AND THAT’S 100
Ananya Dey
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Arnab Ghosh
Ugochukwu Ezeani
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I like d dog
Taylor Sears
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Jacqueline Sears
Taylor Sears
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Jacqueline Sears
Shirley Stein
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Tears indeed! Love Shepherds.
Jill Hunt
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What a beautiful gentle dog.I simply adore the breed they have everything going for them.They are beautiful to look at, fun to play with,they would take a bullet for you and they don’t yap yap yap about nothing !!
Phyllis E Wertz
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GSD’s are special creatures!
Brenda Anne Vogler
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Beautiful !! ❤❤❤❤❤
Angela Sanders
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Ian Sanders this is interesting to read