Reply To: Why don't jews have dogs? It is clear in the gemara and shulchan aruch that

i posted this right before my post about tzar balei chaim, but somehow it got deleted, so here it is again:

R Shmuel can you tell us which REASON you are talking about?

As for reason to have one, there are many. Also, like i said above, pets reduce stress improve mood etc. (here are the links to 2 of those studies,that show that pets reduce stress lower hi blood pressure etc.,you can probably find more with google; I think that being healthy is very much with the “ruach hatorah”, don’t you?

According to this study pets can actually ADD YEARS TO YOUR LIFE. Refusal to own a pet can be a matter of PIKUACH NEFESH in some cases.

no outside links, please