Bichon Frise (Detailed Introduction)

In today's rapidly developing society, everyone is desperately working hard to avoid being eliminated. It is imaginable how heavy the pressure each person bears is. Therefore, many people choose to keep a pet as a way to relieve stress, and dogs, as human companions and listeners, have become the first choice for pets. So why can keeping dogs relieve stress? What reasons make us feel relaxed by keeping dogs? Let's see how experts explain this.

Zoologist James Serpell explains that part of the reason for this result is that pets can provide their owners with a unique kind of spiritual support, which is very rare or even nonexistent in human interpersonal communication. He states that the silence of animals is a blessing rather than a burden. The flaw of language is that it can both convey inner feelings and thoughts and also be used for deception, misleading, criticism, and insult. Serpell believes that pets can listen; they seem to understand but never ask questions or judge. Perhaps this is the most precious quality of pets as companions. This relationship is exactly what some psychologists hope to establish. Serpell mentioned that cats and dogs are the most ideal animal companions because they express friendliness to humans in a nonverbal way, making humans feel respected, admired, and needed. Their slightly detached but satisfied expressions have great appeal to humans, and the facial muscles of dogs give them a rich range of human-like expressions.

It can be seen that the reason why keeping dogs can relieve stress is that dogs can be good listeners for you to talk about your thoughts without arguing, making you feel respected. Also, dogs bring a feeling that you are needed, preventing a sense of confusion and helplessness.