Let’s find out what Pet Therapy is, what its benefits and fields of application are. Sometimes the cure is contact. When elderly people seem to close themselves in their wall of silence, when autistic children are unable to interact with the outside world, when cancer patients lose their smile… getting in touch with an animal, immersing themselves in its vital energy, letting themselves be approached just enough to feel its sweetness can be a revolutionary experience.
The golden retriever is a big, sweet dog that with a long interesting history behind. Its first appearance was in Scotland, in the mid-17th century, when hunting was very popular among the aristocrats. The characteristics of the Scottish environment make it necessary to have a dog that was able to retrieve game both in water and on land. The prey often fell in inaccessible places, so they tried to train some English Setters, but, unfortunately , the results were rather poor. So, in order to obtain the perfect dog with the features they needed, the first retrievers were crossed with Water Spaniels, and the Golden Retriever we know was born.
A dog already used in ancient times to pull the sled and move large weights, the Alaskan Malamute is considered one of the oldest sled dogs in the entire Arctic. The Alaskan Malamute owes its name to the Inuit Mahlemiut tribe that started the selection of this animal in ancient times. Who bet on the races of dogs of different breeds. The fame of the American specimen reached as far as Massachussets, where Eva Seeley decided to get one of these dogs. Eva and her husband decided to open a kennel. Their specimens were recruited by the Americans during the Second World War. The many deaths, however, put the breed in danger and risked extinction.
