I love dogs and cats so much, they provide emotional benefits
Yeah, dogs and cats are great. What kind of benefits do they provide to their owners?
Well the most important ones to me are the fact that they provide companionship,  protection, and entertainment.
Those are pretty nice benefits to having a pet. What do you think is the best breed of dog for a person to get?
not much information on that but a fun fact is there is a medically approved class of therapy animals, which consists of mostly dogs.
Oh yeah, I've heard of that. Are there other animals used for therapy besides dogs?
such as children in hospitals or elders in nursing homes. Pet therapy utilizes trained animals and handlers to achieve specific physical, social, cognitive or emotional goals with patients.
Some scholars, ethicists and animal rights organizations have raised concerns over keeping pets because of the lack of autonomy and objectification of nonhuman animals.
Pet popularity.
There are approximately 86.4 million pet cats and approximately 78.2 million pet dogs in the United States, and a United States 2007–2008 survey showed that dog-owning households outnumbered those owning cats, but
pocket pets, while the equine and bovine group include the largest companion animals.
Pets provide their owners (or "guardians") both physical and emotional benefits. Walking a dog can provide both the human and the dog with exercise, fresh air, and social interaction. Pets can give companionship to people who are living alone or elderly adults who do not have adequate social interaction with other people. There is a medically approved class of therapy animals, mostly dogs or cats, that are brought to visit confined humans,