Man keeps within him a great attraction to nature, although many have forgotten it. But the reasons that lead him to want a pet go further, they have a more practical and, perhaps, less romantic background.
Many are the studies and articles that talk about this behavior with the sole objective of knowing the reason why instinctively we are born to live with a domestic animal. A few theories have been reached.
The reasons range from loneliness to providing security
Let’s start by evaluating the following hypotheses:
· Loneliness. Animals are an opportunity to stop being alone.
· Boredom. They give you the opportunity to be busy.
· Dear. We have a little being to pamper and caress.
· Safety. We feel protection in some way.
· Exercise. They help us to go out, keep our brain exercised …
· Give protection. We too feel useful to them. This can be very beneficial later in life.
It is a reality that someone who has lived or lives with a living being has been reflected in one or more of these hypotheses. It is not like this?
But the truth is that these are current reasons. Our ancestors would not have shielded themselves at these points to have an animal by their side. Our ancestors lived together in an environment full of animals and plants. Those beings could serve them to eat, for work or to be their worst enemy. With the passage of time, those animals with which they coexisted, without further ado, became great companions and even confidants. What are they going to tell us!
Today, the “bugs” are a complete company for us, we treat them as friends with whom to interact and with whom to share time and feelings. Somehow they still maintain our biophilic instinct but in an evolved way.
What many do not think is that this animal, whatever species it is, is giving them many other benefits with which they will feel great well-being. Living with a pet helps us find inner peace, no matter how cheesy it sounds; improves our self-esteem, keeps us happy and even healthier.
And these advantages are very easy to find because getting an animal costs as little as going to a shelter and adopting it. We have to thank our ancestors and those of the animals that have grown and evolved together to the point of achieving all this. It’s been a long road.
Perhaps one of the most significant points in the deepening of this coexistence is that the complete incorporation of animals into the home came when our ancestors began to improve their quality of life.
Those human beings did not need to spend as much time working to eat and were able to focus on other things, social relationships and entertainment .
The first forms of leisure focused on painting, plants and the approach to animals. This approach remains one of the favorite pastimes for many humans today.
After all that has been said, it seems that when we live with an animal we think of three main benefits or at least one of them: image, social effects and company .
