How I Stole Doc’s Heart, the Survival of the Friendliest

Research says that when dogs and humans look into each other’s eyes and cuddle, a surge of oxytocin, often called the “love hormone” gets released in both the human and dog, bonding them like mother and infant. Since I am a smart and cute therapy puppy, I know all about that research and I have to admit, I use it to my advantage with Doc and the other human’s I see every day. Now don’t judge me, how do you think dogs were able to evolve from wolves and now live inside with all the human comforts of life? It’s called the survival of the friendliest.

My wolf ancestors were smart and I thank them. Because they domesticated themselves by visiting human camps and provided protection and comfort. The humans found this beneficial and that is why all these thousands of years later, I am sleeping in Doc’s bed. As you are reading this are you thinking that dogs are just a bunch of scammers? Don’t worry, there’s also research to prove that we actually bond with our owners and love them very much.

If there is a moral to this story, what human scientists have found by studying the bond between dogs and humans is that the survial of the fittest is not the number one thing that helps us all survive, it actually is the friendliest that survive. That is why at the end of a long day, when Doc has not been happy with some of my nine month old puppy behavior, all I have to do, is get in bed next to her and look at her with my puppy dog eyes and she melts. That oxytocin is a powerful hormone and why I am living my best dog life.