- They can boost your mood
There is something transportive about stroking the soft head of man’s best friend, it can take you to a place where the kitchen isn’t a wreck and the kids aren’t fighting for the umpteenth time.
Apparently, there is science to back up that fact we knew to be true, and it only adds to the list of qualities to be desired.
Romper revealed the research on those feel-good vibes you get when bonding with your pet:
“Steven Feldman, executive director of the Human Animal Bond Research Institute, tells the ADAA that, “Positive human-animal interaction is related to the changes in physiological variables both in humans and animals, including a reduction of subjective psychological stress (fear, anxiety) and an increase of oxytocin levels in the brain.””