Dr. Ben Rein

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Phenomenal question.

My understanding is that there's the most research in dogs because they it's like the most justified because.

evolutionarily, there's like reason for us to live together.

There's like systems to explore, whereas cats haven't been really like integral to our survival historically.

Yeah.

I mean, I'm speaking on behalf of an entire field that I don't know, like

I like cats a lot.

In fact, I wish I had a cat, but my dog would never allow it.

But growing up, I do cats.

One was warm, fuzzy, cuddly, like my best friend growing up.

The other cat, I like almost never touched the cat because every time I approached her, she just like sprinted away her entire life.

If you think about the purpose of connection and the meaning of connection, like did my body ever release any oxytocin?

when my cat, Honey, sprinted away from me?

Like, probably not.

Right.

And so the way I conceptualize this is a lot of people have toxic relationships with humans because human relationships are complicated.

You know, fights happen, disputes.

It's very difficult to have a toxic relationship with a dog.

Dogs are just always there, always chilling, always just want to be pet, have fun.

Dogs have this sort of like unconditional love where cats don't really have that same vibe.

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