Apple a Day Keeps a Doctor Away
Pet a Day Keep the Doctor Away!
Introduction
- Attention-Getter: They say that an apple a day keeps the doctor away, but how much better would you feel if the apple was being presented to you by a cute dog or cat?
- Tie to the audience in this persuasive speech topics outline: If someone that you care about is dealing with encroaching old age, spending some time with an undemanding, loving animal can be something that is important for you in more ways than one.
- Personal experience: For example, my granddad was in dire straits after my granny died. After thirty five years together, he didn’t know what to do with himself until he ended up adopting an older Labrador Retriever. The change was immense, and suddenly we had a familyman who was interested in the world around him and reaching out again. The change was amazing!
- Thesis Sentence of this persuasive speech topics outline: Pets make an impressive positive change in the mental and physical health, and if you are concerned with the issue personally, consider the health benefit potentials for a beloved older person in your life.
- Preview of the main points of this persuasive speech topics outline: First, I will discuss the ways an animal is capable of making an elder person feel connected to the world at large. Then, I will show how the company of a loving cat or a dog makes the difference in a person’s mental and physical outlook. And then, I’ll tell you what to keep in mind when you are considering what pet might be appropriate for someone in your family. Transition sentence of persuasive speech topics outline: As people get older, there is very much a concern of not being needed.
A human-companion animal is capable of making the elderly feel connected to the world at large.
- Elderly people who have had their adult children leave home and who have lost spouses often find that it is difficult to connect with other people and because of this, they end up feeling a great deal more introverted and isolated.
- Pets can make a huge difference when it comes to how well they cope with change and how they react to the world. An animal will depend on them, and give them that essential feeling of being needed again.
- Elderly people also often find that they are living their lives without much tactile contact. Spouses might have passed on, and they might not be comfortable looking for tactile comfort from the people around them. This is where dogs and cats come in.
- Cats and dogs love physical contact, and because of this, they are willing to go seeking it. A cat may love to sit in your lap or to sit down next to you for petting or you may find that a dog loves to roll around with and sit leaned up next to your legs.
Transition sentence of this persuasive speech topics outline: Elderly people often develop feelings of being unloved or lonely; an animal who is concerned with them and who loves them can make a huge difference in the way that they feel.
Pets can help improving their mental health; animals seem wonderfully intuitive when it comes to responding to how their humans feel.
- A cat or a dog, especially one that is closely bonded to you, can feel in tune with your emotions. If you have ever been upset and had an animal come to cuddle you or to check on you, you know how soothing this can be.
Rhetorical persuasive speech topics outline questions:
- Have you ever felt more relaxed when a cat walks up and demands to be petted?
- Have you ever not been able to resist a smile when a dog comes up and wants to play? These feelings are not merely happening in isolation.
There are plenty of scientific studies that show us that having pets around can lower the blood pressure and help us relax. When you think about how many elderly people are often beset by feelings of stress and how this can lead to things like heart disease or impaired functioning: looking into how pets can help is essential!
Pets are company that is very low stress and the truth is that when you give them what they need, they reciprocate with a great deal of love and joy! At the most basic level, pets can be very non demanding company. When you mess up, they are willing to forgive you, and they do not ask for much. They need food, attention and care, but they are not going to ask for things that you cannot give them. Transition sentence of this persuasive speech topics outline: If you’re interested in making sure that a beloved older person stays active and social, it is time to take a look and see what a pet can do.
