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Let Slip the Dogs of More Happiness

The Happiness Lab with Dr. Laurie Santos

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The Happiness Dividend Dogs Provide

Larry says there are evidence based ways to maximize the benefits we get from our dogs. There may be ways to achieve those animal induced benefits even if you don't have a pet of your own. Why is it that dogs and other companion animals affect us so much? Sadly, the specific son how we built such a strong bond with dogs is pretty much lost to time. Many canine researchers hypothesise that it all started tens of thousands of years ago when a group of relatively chill wolves began following our ancestors around,. eating their trash and inching closer and closer to their camp fires.

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