I did want to get to the science because I think that's a lot of what's really interesting in the book is that you get into all of these studies and really delve into the science of how we relate to our dogs and the impact they can have on us and vice versa.

I don't think people always know the nitty gritty of that, and I wondered if you could particularly get into some of the physiological impacts that dogs have on us and talk about the science there.

Yeah, if you look at any part of your life, whether it's your physical health, your mental, your psychological, your social health, your dogs are going to make all of that better.

So if we look, let's just say at [the] physical health side, which is actually like how I got into the science of this.

There is a great study that I saw maybe 15 years ago that talks about if you have a heart attack, for example, and you own a dog, you will live longer than if you don't have a dog.

And you could be like, well, yeah, if your dog, you're like, walk more.

So of course that would be why.

But even if you controlled for the amount of walking, people who have dogs still live longer.

Hmm.

And so this was a real question, right?