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22 FRIDAY 22ND NOVEMBER 2019<br />
www.weekender.news<br />
Pets<br />
It’s love at<br />
first sight!<br />
IT takes pet lovers just<br />
two minutes and seven<br />
seconds before they know<br />
that a dog is ‘the one’ for<br />
them, according to a new<br />
study.<br />
Its research involved more<br />
than 2,000 would-be dog<br />
owners looking at photos<br />
of potential pets. The dogs<br />
were a mix of breeds, sizes<br />
and ages.<br />
expressions, in determining<br />
whether we like them and<br />
they like us.<br />
“Studies with pet owners<br />
have shown that gazing into<br />
our dog’s eyes releases levels<br />
of oxytocin in the brain and<br />
this plays an important role<br />
how dog owners bond and<br />
form attachments with their<br />
dogs, much in the same way<br />
parents and children do.”<br />
Professor Sir Cary Cooper,<br />
The research was led<br />
an expert in psychology by dog adoption website<br />
and wellbeing at the University<br />
dogsblog.com and Animal<br />
of Manchester, says the Friends Insurance, who<br />
study reveals a lot about our<br />
relationship with our fourlegged<br />
friends.<br />
Scientists lay our emotions<br />
to dogs firmly at the<br />
door of the ‘love hormone’<br />
want to debunk the myths<br />
about adopting dogs and encourage<br />
people to consider<br />
taking that route.<br />
Celebrities including Pete<br />
Wicks, Charlotte Hawkins,<br />
oxytocin, which is released Sarah Jayne Dunn and<br />
into the brain and is elevated<br />
when humans gaze into a<br />
potential pet pooch’s eyes.<br />
Prof Cooper says: “There<br />
is a relatively close bond<br />
between dogs and humans,<br />
and it is certainly the case<br />
that humans look for nonverbal<br />
signs from dogs, such<br />
as eye contact and facial<br />
Beverley Knight have been<br />
involved in the campaign.<br />
Beverley and her husband<br />
James O’Keefe were searching<br />
for a dog to adopt last<br />
year and found their perfect<br />
pet in Spain. The soul<br />
singer explained the instant<br />
connection she felt to Zain<br />
through a web browser.<br />
She says: “My husband<br />
James happened to be looking<br />
through dogsblog.com<br />
one day, he kind of did it<br />
all the time, he was always<br />
looking through and he had<br />
left the page up.<br />
“Out of curiosity I started<br />
to look and I came across a<br />
video of a black and white<br />
dog playing with a white dog.<br />
“I just thought ‘oh this<br />
dog is so cute, look at his<br />
little face’ and I found myself<br />
reading the blurb about the<br />
little black and white dog.<br />
“He was described as a<br />
dude and said his name<br />
was Zain and he was about<br />
nine-months-old. There was<br />
something about the way<br />
he was playing, just something<br />
about him and I said<br />
to James ‘come and have a<br />
look, I think this might be<br />
our dog’.<br />
“We didn’t know what<br />
breed he was but we started<br />
to make enquiries with his<br />
rescue, Angel’s Kiss. The<br />
next thing was we were accepted<br />
and he was winging<br />
his way to us from Spain.”<br />
The campaign also hopes<br />
to help new dog owners understand<br />
what lies ahead by<br />
sharing the many fantastic<br />
benefits of adopting a dog.<br />
Another great donation to<br />
the Albergue, Torrevieja<br />
TWO very generous Rojales<br />
ladies, Sofie and<br />
Kelly, El Cubo Cleaning<br />
Services, donated a variety<br />
of light and heavy<br />
blankets, beds and igloos<br />
for our cats.<br />
These igloos are fantastic.<br />
Not only do they help keep<br />
the cats warm during a cold<br />
winter evening but also provides<br />
a hidey hole for those<br />
cats that are shy or just want<br />
a bit of peace time. Thank<br />
you very much ladies.<br />
If you care to know more<br />
about the shelter and<br />
animals, or indeed like to<br />
help in any way, contact<br />
alberguecats@gmail.com