It’s official. We’ve finally got some hard, empirical data to confirm what we’ve known all along – dogs are better than people! This nationwide survey of hundreds of pet owners uncovered some pretty hilarious and relatable facts and we thought it was only right to share them with you.
Here they are:
Over 1/4 of pet parents believe that their pets are more accepted within their families than their partners… we admit it’d be stiff competition with a face like that.
61% of pet parents would end a relationship for their pet and more than half of the participants would trust their dog’s judgment before their mother’s.
Over 1/4 of participants have brought their dogs on a date and 85% of pet parents are more likely to “swipe right” on a photo that included a dog. We see a strong correlation here, take note.
Over 1/4 of pet parents have planned a special date for themselves and their pet because isn’t every day a good day to celebrate the ones you love most?
Source: Brendan Bell via Flickr
95% of dog owners would rather spend the night at home cuddling with their dog than on a blind date – because almost anything else is more enjoyable than small talk with a total stranger.
56% of pet parents prefer to share the bed with their pet AND their partners, rather than just their partners.
Almost 70% of participants admitted that they would sacrifice alone time with their significant others for their pets. Netflix or dog beach? Seems like a no-brainer.
45% of pet parents spend more money on their pet than their partner every month. This seems fair to us?
And finally, 87% of pet parents would get their pet a Valentine’s Day gift.
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So what does this all show? Maybe that we’re all a little crazy? I’d accept that. But at the end of the day, I think what it shows most prominently is that our collective obsessions with our pets exist for a good reason. The connections we develop with our pets are unlike any other. They are fiercely loyal and relentless in their displays of affection. They give us so much, and it only seems right to do what we can to give it back.
Once you make the fateful decision to get a fur baby of your own – your life will certainly change dramatically, but I promise it will always be for the better.
Chuck Link
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This study must have been some kind of government grant to prove something that everyone already knew.
Jeff Bauer
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True
Dianne Wareham Earnshaw
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I second that
Jamie Noon
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Duh!
Fouad Awad
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I agree
Mary Schodorf
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I agree
Al Ciment
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You need a “study” for that???
Ree Zimmerman Cooley
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Anyone who has a dog already knows this!
Ann Hancock
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Dogs are also a lot smarter than most humans.
Mike Wickham
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Hard time for animal cruelty
Kristopher Wayne Baughman
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Unconditional love… try locking your wife in the trunk for three hours. She’s not gonna bounce out and lick yer face like a dog will
Nina Gedney
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The best company ever!
Lilian Johnstone
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Agreed
Kay Parsons
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I figured that out while I was still working!!
Fely Justo Pineda
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I agree
Sheila Brown
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They don’t,answer back do they xx
Antonio Rafael Santana
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100 % agree
Karen Riegle
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Dah,anyone who has a dog knows that. People judge, dogs just love. ..
Robbie Baldridge Cooper
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Well…DUH!!!
Martha Lemieux Rapoza
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duh!
Joel de Léséleuc
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Heck, I didn’t need a study to know that!
Diane Straub
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Oh yeah..totally agree..sometimes I just want to be with my dogs…hmm in fact most of the time..ha ha
Rachel Louise
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Linda McIntosh
Dean Keller
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ummmm….duhhhh We needed a study to tell us this?
Lisa Williams
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As long as I’m being fed I don’t care!
Vicki Fleming Brunson
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I can totally understand that!!
Rentia Burke
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100% TRUE!!!!
Michele McMahon
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SERIOUSLY!!! It took a STUDY to learn that!? Really!????
Joseph Galbraith
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DUH
Tana Pierce
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Melea Jo Sechrist
Mike D. Jackson
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To which I say… DUHHHHHH
Margaret-ann Mitchell
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Elizabeth-ann Murphy
Adva Wallis
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Hadas Zaltsman
Marie Smith
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Just what we all knew.
Sherry Bolton Newton
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Yep they are!
Rashi Bakshi
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True that
Ernest James Cody
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just wondering why you would lock up your dog in a trunk????
Kristopher Wayne Baughman
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Its a joke cletus
Shane Brisendine
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See John
Margie Maggie Frank
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guess they never have been around dogs much
Dennis Constant
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All dog owners have always known that.
Nicole Marie
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Our baby
Linda OConnell
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Cara O’Connell. Duh
Donnie Diggs Ream
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I could have told them that for free.
Wendy Wheatley Fishburn
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Duh.
Kathy Haley
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It’s like I just saw on tv one person trying to convince another after a failed date…” don’t you want to have the joy of coming home to someone who is truly happy to see you?!” And they said ” your right….I’m getting a dog” …lol!
Pam Fuller
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I wish dogs could live forever!!
Christine Armour
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Jensen Armour
Laura Fernandez Crespo
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Of course!
Karen Waits
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Definitely don’t need a ridiculous study to tell me that.