Dog Owners and Exercise – What The Research Shows
Did you know that in general, dog owners are likely to be more active than people who don’t have a dog? That’s really not surprising, given that dogs love to run, jump and play and love nothing better than having you join them. So it just makes sense that this would be the case. But researchers have not, until now, really looked at this assumption by doing a robust study. Exercise scientists at the University of Liverpool in the UK published a large scale study involving nearly 700 participants looking at frequency of exercise and owning a dog. The results…