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Top 3 best pets for anxiety and depression

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Human anxiety and depression are very complex phenomena, which are still not highly understood despite numerous research and surveys being conducted. According to some of the research and surveys, pets play a great role in reducing human anxiety and depression. There are different types of pets that can play a highly influential role in reducing a person’s anxiety and depression. But some of them are more easily connected emotionally and physically to humans. Such animals are termed as Emotional Support Animals (ESA). 

At realesaletter, we understand the importance of finding the right emotional support animal (ESA) to help alleviate symptoms of anxiety and depression. While any pet can provide emotional support, certain animals are better suited for this role. Based on our experience, the top three best pets for anxiety and depression are dogs, cats, and rabbits.

Dogs are highly trainable and can provide companionship, a sense of purpose, and can help to reduce stress and anxiety levels. Cats are known for their calming presence, and their gentle purring can have a relaxing effect on their owners. Rabbits are also excellent pets for individuals with anxiety and depression, as they are low maintenance and can provide a sense of comfort and calm. At realesaletter, our licensed mental health professionals can help you determine which type of pet would be best suited for your specific mental health needs. Contact us today to learn more about how we can help you obtain an real esa letter for your chosen pet.

Adoption of cats and dogs is the most feasible option for patients with anxiety and depression. Even their therapists recommend getting emotional support from ESA pets. Therapists suggest that when patients are unable to cope with their anxiety and depression through therapy or medications, they should opt for the adoption of such pets that help them reduce their stress and anxiety, and save them from getting further anxious or depressed. 

Dogs as compared to cats are more comfortable, loyal, and supportive to humans because of their unique nature and even most ESA pets are dogs of different breeds. Some dogs are more supportive emotionally than others. Now let us discuss the top 3 ESA pets.

Labrador Retrievers are the most intelligent, human friendly and easy-going ESA pets. They have some unique characteristics that are not found in any other normal pet or even in an ESA pet. They are said to be the best and perfect ESAs because they are the most gentle breed of dogs ever found. Most families, when wanting to get closer and more attached, find a common interest through which they can link and connect their families. The most feasible option to form this common interest is the adoption of an Emotional Support Animal (ESA). 

Since children are more comfortable with Laps, most people opt for adopting the best and more friendly breed that is the Labrador Retriever. Laps get attached to new people extremely easily and they become comfortable in a very short span of time. So, if any member of a family is suffering from anxiety, depression or any other mental disorder, Labrador Retrievers automatically sense that discomfort in that person’s personality and it tries to get near that person and give him/her emotional comfort and support to relieve their stress and anxiety. These laps are given the ESA letter for housing as well as the emotional support animal letter by the concerned authority. That is why they are legalized ESAs.

Cavalier King Charles Spaniel is another type of emotional support animal (ESA), who are authorized and legalized by the medical authorities as well as the U.S Law. Spaniels are the most fearless and graceful animals, mostly due to their appearance which shows an immense amount of grace. They are extremely social and playful animals. They can adjust themselves to any place and any environment in a very short span of time. 

They get attached to people very easily. They interact with people in such a manner that all their stress and anxiety is relieved, and they look up to life in a totally different perspective after interacting with spaniels. They forget about their issues and tensions, and they start to realize that there is much more to life than our daily stress and anxieties. They start playing with spaniels’ via different kinds of indoor and outdoor sports. They even take them to picnic spots such as for hiking and camping, etc. 

Due to these qualities and benefits of having spaniels, therapists and other clinical professionals highly recommend to anxious and depressed patients the idea of adopting and interacting with spaniels more than human beings in daily life. Because, in most cases, it is due to the actions of a human that another human being gets depressed.

Yorkshire Terrier is the 3rd best ESA pet that a person can and should adopt and interact with to relieve their stress and get rid of depression. Due to the hairy nature of Yorkshire terriers, female patients of anxiety and depression are most likely to get more attached than the male patients because, according to a research, women tend to like more hairy, soft, and furry animals than their male counterparts. 

ESA pets are not some regular pets that a person can adopt easily because they are certified animals under the U.S Law by a therapist or any other clinical professional. After proper analysis of the therapist, an emotional support animal letter is to be given to the patient acquiring emotional support from that specific pet. Under the category of hundreds of ESA pets, we would discuss the categories, traits, and characteristics of the top 3 best pets that can help a person reduce his/her anxiety and depression.

As intelligence is the most dominant characteristic of a Yorkshire Terrier, due to which they get comfortable and attached to people easily, who have mental or emotional issues. It is researched that they can feel a sense of discomfort and anxiousness in the person’s behavior towards them, due to which they tend to get more physically and emotionally close to that specific person. 

They can and play an effective role in helping people reduce their stress and get them out of their depressing phase. Due to these highly effective characteristics of Yorkshire Terriers, they are classified in the category of emotional support animals (ESA). After this extensive review of breeds, be sure to get an ESA letter and grab yourself a lovely puppy.