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by Alan Saldivar

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Humans have had animal companions for centuries, but the most prevelent would have to be the dog. In a article by The New York Times, James Gorman says that,¨Dogs were domesticated around 15,000 years ago.¨ So Whats so special about the bond between a owner and its pet? How do pets demeonstrate their love for their owners and do pets show love back?

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Theres mutiple reasons to why people love their pets so much, but some reasons may be that according to the Huff Post, MaryAnn Barone says ¨When a person looks at a pet the body releases a feel good hormone oxytocin similarly to how a person reacts to their baby.¨

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Pets can also help with physical health. They can help to lower blood pressure and can also help to build a babies immune system. Its said that people with pets also visit the doctors less often for minor problems.
https://www.bluecross.org.uk/pet-advice/how-introduce-your-cat-your-baby

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Another reason why people may be drawn to pets it that they can help with peoples mental health. They do this by relieving stress, and boosting your self esteem. Along with helping with depression, anxiety and increases prosocial behavior according to a article by the American Psychiatric Association.
https://petswonderland.com.au/new-page-3/

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Pets can also be used as service animals. They can help people with disabilities or sicknesses.
https://www.servicedogsva.org/

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Another reason why people may be so close to their pets is because how cute they are. Dogs especially, studies show that dogs have developed more baby like features because when wolfs were dogs wolfs with baby like features were more tolerated or ¨cuter.

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Pets were also used and still are used to suit specific needs. Like security or to send messages. Dogs especially are trained to do specific jobs like detecting substances or finding people lost or running.

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1.¨A Animals eyes have the ability to speak a language.¨-Martin Buber

2.¨Our perfect companions never have fewer than four feet.” -Colette

3.¨Just watching my cats can make me happy.¨-Paula Cole

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Pets today are extremely important today. To protect people from dangerous items or people. Along with pets being extremely beneficial to your health and making you more social since know people rarely talk person to person. Thats why pets are so important due to the being beneficial to you, useful, and are just so cute!

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Dogs are known to be messy and energetic while cats are docile

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Pets havent been proven to love their owners , but in the case of dogs its a little different. Dogs have been proven to produce the chemical oxytocin, the love hormone, when interacting with their owners

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I aksed Nicolas Carbajal a few questions about pets and love.  Do you love your pets? ¨Yeah I love the dog I have now I loved my other dog too but it died after I ate dinner one day.¨Do you think your pets love you? ¨Yes they are always happy around me so I would assume they would.

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Pets like to be around their owner and play with them espeically dogs.