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The survey found that a higher number of pet owners admitted their dog won their hearts over more than those who reported having fallen in love with a partner at first sight (77 percent).
“Many of us adore our dogs, but these ‘love at first sniff’ confessions were a surprise even to us,” Sally Clarke, creative director and co-founder of Rowan, noted in a press release.
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Dog owners are extremely “committed to making their dog’s well-being a priority, and in many cases, taking care of their dog is even more important than taking care of their human partner,” Clarke also said in the release.
Close-up shot of a happy dog in the park. How much do we love our dogs? Let us count the ways … (iStock)
Here are some other key findings of the survey, out this week.
Thirty-six percent of Americans said their dog is their closest companion.
Forty-six percent of Americans said they spoil their dog over their human partners.
This adorable pug has stolen someone’s heart away. A new survey about the dogs in our life and how much we love them included the findings from 400 people age 18 and older.
The Rowan survey was done on Nov. 8, 2021.
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The company said it polled 400 adults ages 18 and over.
Results were weighted for age within gender, region, income, and education “where necessary to align them with their actual proportions in the population,” the company noted.