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Dogs or cats: Which do you like best?

Here's why dogs and cats make you happy...

Do you think dogs are paw-some or are cats more your cup of tea?

Well the General Social Survey which looks at the behaviour of more than 1,000 people found that dogs owners were happier than cat owners.

In the survey, 36% of dog owners report being 'very happy' - compared to just 18% of cat owners!

This certainly gives us paws for thought.

What do you think - purrrrfectly understandable or a cat-astrophe?

But which are better: Cats or dogs? You decide!

So why do dogs come out tops?

Apparently dogs help with mental health and stress.

It's thought it's partly because people with dogs are do more exercise which helps with stress.

Dog owners who take their pets for a walk each day walk an average of 870 miles per year.

That's the same distance as walking from the top to the bottom of the UK!

But that's not the whole story there are lots of ways that pets make you happy.

Another poll says both cats and dogs help make you happy and sociable.

Celeb pets

  • Katy Perry's cat, inventively named Kitty Purry, gives those dashing dogs a run for their money.

  • Selena Gomez has had a few pooches in her time: Wallace, Fina, Chazz, Baylor, Chip and Willie!

  • Taylor Swift is in a Love Story with her cats, Meredith Grey and Olivia Benson.

  • Simon Cowell thinks these tiny terriers have talent! Squiddly and Diddly fly to Barbados and France with Simon - by private jet, of course.

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