The old adage, "a dog is a man's best friend," may be a bit more accurate than previously assumed. A recent study found that the relationship between a human and their furry friend is more gratifying ...

Dog owners rate their bond with their pet as more satisfying than most relationships with humans and consider their dog their best source of companionship, a study has found. The absence of negative ...

Louise Glazebrook's new book The Book Your Dog Wishes You Would Read focuses on the necessity for developing reciprocal give-and-take relationships between dogs and their humans, Louise offers ...

Research by Hungarian academics shows dogs can fill a number of roles, from a child’s playmate to a best friend.Photograph: Getty Images Dogs are not simply “fur babies” or best friend but a blend of ...

Dog owners rate their bond with their pet as more satisfying than their relationships with their friends, partner and even their children. Owners also feel that their dog loves them the most while ...

“Dogs should live in a world where we the human beings create balance and harmony,” says Art Ortiz, owner of DogFit Dallas. “Humans complicate things because we’re so emotional, because we’re ...

Add Yahoo as a preferred source to see more of our stories on Google. Purple Collar Pet Photography / Getty Images As any dog owner will tell you, their pet is part of the family. And according to a ...

Many people view their dog as a family member, friend, or kid, but does the relationship with them really resemble these human relationships? Researchers from ELTE Eötvös Loránd University now set out ...

In a recent study published in the journal Scientific Reports, researchers evaluated whether dog-owner relationships can be characterized using the same multidimensional social support scales applied ...

In Western societies, dogs are more than pets—they're companions, family members, and, in many cases, emotional anchors. The human-animal bond has long been the subject of fascination and study, yet ...

Dogs have a very special bond with humans. They were the first mammal to be domesticated, and we have fashioned them into ...