Having a dog and on condition of honoring this human/dog contract in an honorable way brings us considerable benefits.
Guillaume Douet osteopath likes to remind you that
movement allows us to keep ourselves in good shape for as long as possible.
So he only thinks well of this human/dog association. First of all you will have to take Toutou out for a walk at least once a day. Why ? Because the dog that has been our ally for a few thousand years is terribly bored alone, even on a huge field: he needs interactions with us. And when we take our furry quadruped out for a walk, we also get some fresh air. Better still, this regularity establishes a need that we take pleasure in meeting every day. A little less when it rains? Agree, but the walk does us good for body and mind, the joy of our companion who sees us take the leash brings us his share of delicious hormones.
Of course, there is also the pleasure of caressing this animal to which we are attached, an animal which in reciprocity grants us a privileged place in its existence.
Yes, this column was written by two people convinced that a world without dogs is not possible… But the evidence is there and Guillaume Douet talks about it: humans who share the life of a dog are full of oxytocin and endorphin.