New Studies Show Humans Love Dogs More Than Other Humans

by pawbuzz on in Dogs 298

What if a human and a dog stood side-by-side and both needed help, but you could only choose one. It wouldn’t be an easy decision, would it?

The bond between human and dog is an incredible thing. It’s amazing to see what people will do for their beloved dogs, whether it’s throwing them an extravagant birthday party or making sure they only eat the highest quality kibble.

Some studies reveal when it comes to feeling empathy, many people pick pooches over other people. Does that surprise you?

Now, research from Northeastern University in Boston suggests that the human-canine bond trumps almost all other relationships.

For their study, Northeastern professors Jack Levin and Arnold Arluke set out to find out just how strongly we feel about dogs compared to adults and children.

The co-authors gathered 240 men and women between the ages of 18 and 25 and measured their levels of empathy when told about the suffering of a dog, compared to the suffering of a child or adult.

Unsurprisingly, stories of a dog’s suffering and a child’s suffering elicited the strongest responses from participants, whereas stories of adult victims made the respondents “significantly less distressed.”

Move on to the next page to learn more about this fascinating study on human empathy, and make sure to SHARE it with your dog-loving friends!

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298 thoughts on “New Studies Show Humans Love Dogs More Than Other Humans”

  3. Sandy Bruns

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    yep I’d rather spend most days with my two German Shepherds in my kitty cat than any human being on Earth I know that they love me unconditionally I could never say that about a human

  6. Janet K Poludniak

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    I used to have relatives in Toronto, but we never went there to visit. And they never came here to visit either. I did have one great aunt who came to the states to see her sister and also visited our family. She was a tall Buxom stately woman. She was also severe diabetic and blind, but she was just a delight. I’ll never forget her as long as I live. She brought me the most beautiful doll with kind of real hair and she was probably two feet from top to bottom. I never had it all before. I was probably 6 or so. She asked me what I was going to name my baby, and I told her Jenny May. She very quickly responded, I had a doll that name when I was your age. True or not I never found out, but she was just so sweet to affirm me. I wanted to go home with her.

  7. Lurline Morris

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    A lot of dogs are better company, they don’t eat everything in the fridge and not replace it, yes they can make as much mess as a man however you can teach them to pick up after themselves they don’t come home pissed and looking for an argument they let you know they love you

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