Man's Best Friend and Touch
Man’s best friend or your baby right? I’m sure you refer to your dog that way. I mean everyone loves their puppies, well except if they have a terrible allergy, but many still continue loving them. Humans and dogs have been companions for thousands of years, according to Classen, they have been hunting assistants, chest and lap warmers, they were given to ladies to be play companions and entertain them during long carriage rides, and even in some depictions biblically present at events such as the last supper eating the crumbs. Touch plays a role in this human animal bond, because if there is no loving and trusting touch between the human and animal, there is no relationship. And as Classen points out, the word pet explains within itself a pet, we pet a pet! Good news is that if you are obsessed with your pooch and call them your best friend or baby you actually aren’t crazy, science is on your side. Studies show that a few minutes of stroking our pet dog prompts a release of a n...