Helium-Amy Gooding

For my blog I chose the topic of the scientific studies on the healing power of dogs. I always knew that dogs had some healing effects on people and could make people feel better. But I never knew that they could do it to such extreme levels as these articles showed me. The best article definitely earned its spot at number one. You could tell just by reading it that the author took a great deal of time to sit and do her research. They had many facts about dogs being the new "diagnoses" in the medical world. The author had many references to different places where dogs were being used to help people with diseases such as Alzheimer's, different cases of cancer, diabetes, and many other illnesses. They also included many dog puns which kept me interested and smiling. The worst essay was pretty off topic. The author of this one pretty much talked about molesters, abusers, and other criminals and how they had hurt animals in the past. Also she talked more about what different types of helping dogs there were rather than what they sere doing for the people. I think that she could have been a little more specific in her essay. I also think that she may have needed to do some more research and not get off topic as much as she did. She went from talking about criminals to disabled people. She needs to focus on one or the other. The middle essay I read was okay. It focused more on the past than on the present. They had supporting facts in their essay and had all the right material. I just think that they could have used some more research and used a variety of illnesses like the author of the first essay did. Though it may be beneficial to speak also of the past, I think that it's better to focus on the now.