Donna Lindsey knows that pets can be deeply therapeutic.

For the past 15 years, she has suffered from fibromyalgia, a pain syndrome that causes flu-like body aches, muscle spasms and fatigue. She used to spend almost entire weeks in bed because of the intense pain, but said that her dogs' happy, energetic dispositions motivated her to get out of bed and get better.

"What got me out of bed was the dogs and what gave me hope was the dogs," said Lindsey, whose health has improved considerably in the past two years.

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