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How your pet can influence your love relationship
Psychology
Couples who are well organized for dog care are usually couples who are well organized for other things
Those who have four-legged pets know the satisfaction of coming home and that these animals are eagerly waiting to provide a pet after a long day at work. Not only give sweetie, but they also know when you suffer, when you are happy or need company. However, a study has shown that the huge list of benefits What having a dog at home contributes is one more: they strengthen the relationship as a couple. “The animals, specifically dogs, which imply greater responsibility, build a step prior to that commitment that exists in a relationship, “he says. Nayara Malnero, an expert psychologist in couples therapy.
This study, carried out by Rover.com, a platform for pet sitters and walkers, has shown that having an animal friend strengthens the relationship couples. According to the survey, 64% of Spanish couples affirm that their relationship has strengthened since they have a dog. In addition, 50% confirm that they spend more quality time together thanks to your partner. “Having a dog can be a step prior to having a child because we see how our partner is getting involved, how we divide up the tasks, how we commit ourselves. A dog is a little pre-evaluation that can be wonderful, and the parejas that are well organized for dog care are usually couples that are well organized for other things, “explains the psychologist.
Yoga with dogs, the trend of the moment
El yoga with dogs is a variation of yoga designed for pets to practice alongside their human families. This discipline, very widespread in some countries of Asia and USA, provides numerous benefits for both animals and their owners. “The goal of yoga with dogs is to achieve a deep connection with the dog, so that both humans and dogs enter a vital state of relaxation. In addition, for people it is a very useful practice to reduce stress, anxiety and achieve full concentration levels, “he explains Monica vesprini, Brand Manager and spokesperson for Purina Beyond.
How do the yoga sessions? Monica Vesprini knows the innumerable benefits of practicing yoga with our pets: «They help the pet to relax in the company of other humans and pets. dog can enjoy the affection and caresses of its owner with more tranquility and will also improve its motor skills, so that it wins flexible, strengthen your joints, as well as the dog’s circulation and proprioception, ”he explains. «Some of the postures used are the same Asanas as in the Yoga conventional and other postures are adapted to have contact with the dog»
Esther Acebo, protagonist in the series “La casa de papel” and ambassador of the event Yoga Dog Day, he practices yoga with his dogs. «I often practice yoga at home And if they are close they usually get with me They give me a lot of calm and I know that it happens to them too », says the actress.
Not all that glitters is gold
Not everything is sewing and singing and it can also be a litmus test for any relationship: it has been shown that having dogs at home has the odd contraindication … Apparently, one in ten people surveyed (10%) affirms that they have less sex now that there is a new member in the family, especially since he shares a bed with them. «The dog sleeps with the owners or the dog substitutes moments of intimacy. Rover allows us to have a dog, to take care of it, but not to take away certain moments as a couple. That the quality time is reduced or that the sexuality is reduced by having an animal at home is something that we should not allow. It is important not to go from being a couple to being ‘daddy and mommy’ 24 hours a day “, clarifies Nayara Malnero, an expert in couples.
What about the millennials?
According to this study, 1 in 5 «millennials»(19%) have decided that their family consists only of dogs and not children. Almost half say that having a pet means having a life together. In addition, they are the ones who decide to be “parents” earlier: one in four does so in the first year of their relationship. «Millennials are deciding not having children but having a dog. This form of care can be reflected in something that is not dedication as important as a child, but dogs, ”says the couples psychologist. However, this is also source of conflict. Apparently, for millennials, having a pet can be a source of conflict. Almost a quarter of them (around 23%) confirm that their partners get jealous because they pay more attention to their dogs than to them. As they say, many of them “publish more photos of their dogs than of their partners on social networks.”