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Don't you just love the feeling you get when you see your dog in what feels like forever? Well they feel the same thing. Our relationship with our furry friends have a great influence upon our well being and happiness. The relationship between a human and a pet is something no one can explain. It simply is Love at First Sight. It is not surprising that many people would rather spend time with their pets than other people. And I don't lie when I say pets bring a smile to people's faces. New evidence come out each day to prove that humans and their pets share a special connection with each other.

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The relationship between humans and pets has a name - ANTHROZOOLOGY.

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Studies have shown that looking a dog in the eyes can boost levels of Oxycontin (a hormone involved in social bonding), in both the person and the dog.

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Dogs are the only species that, act like a human child, runs to its human when it is frightened, anxious or just pleased to see us.

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Pets give people so much in terms of love and emotional support. Simply stroking a dog, cat, rabbit or even horse can lead to lower blood pressure and can combat stress.

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The wider bond between people and dogs has strengthened over time, around 30,000 years to be precise. Canines have the unique ability to pick up on how we are feeling according to various studies.

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Domestication wrought two major changes in their behavior that were crucial to their adaptation to the domestic environment.  As they turned into dogs, they became much more tolerant of other members of their own species, unlike wolves, which are highly aggressive towards all but the members of their own pack.

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In fact, pets are increasingly seen as offering us tangible benefits – as therapy animals, assistants to people who are blind or disabled, and companions to those who are socially isolated.

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They also gained a unique sensitivity towards human body language, gaze and gesture, enabling them to be trained to carry out a multitude of tasks, from herding to guarding to guiding.

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Thousands of years of selection for animals that are biddable and easy to train has ensured that while dogs enjoy one another’s company, they crave human attention.

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It is also the only animal, aside from other humans, that actively seeks out eye contact with people, and truly wants to be with us.

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Companion animals can provide support and friendship to society’s lonely, sick or elderly. They can be friends to those who do not easily understand the world around them.

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The scientists found that dog owners’ aroma actually sparked activation in the “reward center” of their brains, called the caudate nucleus. This effectively found that canines have the ability to distinguish between us and the huge amount of other olfactory stimuli around them.

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https://www.independent.co.uk/property/house-and-home/pets/why-pets-unconditionally-love-their-owners-dogs-cats-a7447406.html

https://www.independent.co.uk/property/house-and-home/pets/why-pets-unconditionally-love-their-owners-dogs-cats-a7447406.html

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This 4:00 minute video explains why we care more about our pets than other people.

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Humans seem to care more about their pets than other humans. Why is this? Read More: Why People Care More About Pets Than Other Humans http://www.wired.com/2015/04/people-care-pets-humans/ "WE LOVE OUR pets. Two thirds of Americans live with an animal, and according to a 2011 Harris poll, 90 percent of pet owners think of their dogs and cats as members of the family."

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This meme is relevant because a human always baby calls his/her pets.

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This meme is funny because a dog can take better care of itself than a human can.

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In this video I interview few people asking them a few questions about the relationships between people and their pets.
https://drive.google.com/open?id=1XIhXcMAPbJr0teUpcWaIFbohbpnYOLI9

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To wrap it up, pet relationships to humans are important for us. Why? Because they make us feel happy and make us feel loved. They can even be more than pets to us- therapy animals, companions, or even family. They are the key to live a happy, healthy life. Being loved is one thing, but being loved by a furry best friend is something out of this world. A dog is the only thing  on earth that loves you more than you love yourself.