Experts once asked a group of rural children who often deal with horses: Why do you like horses? The survey results show that the children feel that horses are strong and sensible, and they are responsible for horses. These 5 to 11-year-old children seem to still need the help and care of adults, but after raising horses, they become more mature. Experts also surveyed more than 500 teenagers, of which 97% expressed a special love for domestic animals. They call these animals their best friends, and they are their sole shelter, etc.

For adults, especially those who are single, domestic animals elicit stronger psychological responses. They talk to their animals, many of whom also believe that these animals can detect changes in people's emotions. At the same time, it has also been found that domestic animals can improve the relationship between people within the family. An expert did an interesting experiment: let a person walk along the same route on the street twice, the first time with his dog, the second time alone, the person followed by an observer, record The reaction of oncoming passers-by. As a result, passersby frequently talk to the dog handler, but rarely talk to the same person who does not have the dog. In the family, after starting to keep animals, the relationship between family members becomes harmonious. For example, in some embarrassing situations, when the topic starts with raising animals, the atmosphere will become more natural.

Domestic animals also play a supporting role in the treatment of patients.

In recent years, foreign medical workers have adopted animal-assisted therapy by taking advantage of the influence of domestic animals on human psychological changes. There are 160 such animal therapy centers in the United States and Canada alone. This method can often lift the spirits of patients with depression, so that the physical function of children with disabilities can be exercised. In a hospital in the United States, doctors put disabled children on horseback and let the horse trot and jump over low stakes.

All the children who received horse riding training in this hospital have overcome the mobility difficulties caused by their disabilities to varying degrees. This is because physical exercise stimulates the recovery of muscle function, and more importantly, the disabled can see that horseback riding can make them move like normal people, and their mental pleasure cannot be replaced by other treatments. A doctor once selected several people who kept small animals and measured their blood pressure when they were reading, talking to people, and talking to small animals. The results showed that the blood pressure was the lowest in the last case, which may be due to Feeling relaxed and happy, without mental stress and burden. It has even been found that blood pressure decreases when people watch the colorful and varied swimming fish in the fish tank.