ARGUMENT 129The following appeared in the Sherwood Times newspaper.
"A recent study reported that pet owners have longer, healthier lives on average than do people who own no pets. Specifically, dog owners tend to have a lower incidence of heart disease. In light of these findings, Sherwood Hospital should form a partnership with Sherwood Animal Shelter to institute an 'adopt-a-dog' program. The program would encourage dog ownership for patients recovering from heart disease, which will help reduce medical costs by reducing the number of these patients needing ongoing treatment. In addition, the publicity about the program will encourage more people to adopt pets from the shelter, which will reduce the risk of heart disease in the general population."
1 dog owners tend to have a lower incidence of heart disease, which does not mean owning a dog can heal the heart disease.
2 argue just shows that keeping a dog may reduce the possibility of getting heart disease but that does not mean adopting all sorts of pets can lead this result.
3 the argue fails to point out the evidence of keeping a dog and reduce the risk of heart disease , maybe keep a lot of dogs or pet will enhance their financial stresses and lead the hear disease.