The relationship between the dog and man dates back thousands of years. Even then, reciprocity dominated, which is why our relationship has survived to this day.
They wait home waiting, running for pleasure when they see it, and they start moaning when we are about to leave home. They love our company, just as we like to have our dogs around us.
We can use them for work, but we see them mostly as friends and family members. Caressing a dog or cat feels good, and this is also shown by the brain when tested. Oxytocin is released in our bodies when we play with our animals, when we caress them. Not only in us, but in them as well.
However, the dog is the only animal species that loves and seeks human company, even keeping eye contact with us.
It is not at all a coincidence, nor is it a bad decision, for a lonely, elderly person to take a dog with him.
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