Petting other people's dogs, even briefly, can boost your health wvik.org - get the latest breaking news, showbiz & celebrity photos, sport news & rumours, viral videos and top stories from wvik.org Daily Mail and Mail on Sunday newspapers.
The stress hormone cortisol drops in people after just 5 minutes spent with a dog, experts say. And feel-good hormone oxytocin also increases - for people and dogs
Interactions with dogs, whether it be your own or someone else's, can actually boost your health even if they're brief, Nancy Gee, a psychology professor and director of the Center for Human-Animal Interaction at Virginia Commonwealth University, told NPR.
Petting other people's dogs, even briefly, can boost your health kosu.org - get the latest breaking news, showbiz & celebrity photos, sport news & rumours, viral videos and top stories from kosu.org Daily Mail and Mail on Sunday newspapers.
You don't even have to own one. Research shows just 5 to 20 minutes interacting with other people's pooches can reduce stress hormones and increase well-being.