The pupside: why dogs are the real winners in lockdown
The Upside roundup looks at pets, pedestrians and policing in our weekly quest for optimism and hope
OK, I’ll confess. We got a dog. Cute little Upside lockdown thing, apart from his backside, which is definitely a downside when he doesn’t go outside.
But it did get me thinking: everyone seems happier since he arrived. Is that a thing, the pupside if you will? Are dogs really good for you? Many people seem to think so, and rising prices in the UK recently surely indicate a surge in demand.
Turns out there is plenty of research on this, though not surprisingly it’s and not . Last summer I heard the US academic talk about, an animal ability to soothe one another through interaction.
