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For animal lovers, it may not come as a surprise that watching videos of dogs reduces stress and improves psychological well-being. But there's research to back this up.
According to this research, a dog could be playing or chilling and watching it would improve your mood and mind more than a video of nature.
For people who are afraid of animals, this sounds like great news because you don't have to overcome your fear of them to reap the benefits.
Starting with this video of a cute pug taking a leap of faith in a gym.
After a few seconds of debating his life's choices, he jumps into the waiting arms of the instructor to the delight of onlookers.
The elated dog basks in the attention and accomplishment along with some fans in the comment section.
Nerd@edhayes: "I'm probably anthropomorphizing it, but that dog looks elated when he was being held up."
I am Dr. Suse™@SuseHerrin: "Awwww, that's a lot of trust!! xo"
Geno Montagna 🌹𓅇@CryptoYeo: "Hahaha he was really happy ( the dog ) he was looking around like did you guys see that!!! 😂🤣🫶🏼🫶🏼"
Walker Philly Flyer@WalkerPhilly: "I wish there was a freeze frame when he’s being held up like the classic ending to an 80’s movie!"
SweMikeMedia🇸🇪@swe_media: "It’s both scary and beautiful how much faith and trust a dog can put in a human."
Boluwatife🦋❣️@bolutifee___: "It's his excitement after the jump for me... like "i did itt!!!".
Korina Sward@Opossum2007: "What impresses me is that the owner earned the absolute trust of the puppy!!😍"
Watch video below
While dogs are not naturally gifted like cats to jump, it is one of their favourite things to do when interacting with people.