OWNING A PET MAKES YOU MORE ATTRACTIVE, MAYBE

Petsies, a company that makes stuffed animals, surveyed 1,000 men and women on how attracted they were to the opposite sex when the person possessed differently sized cats and dogs. Researchers showed study participants 12 pictures of the same people. Half of the group saw the person with a pet, while the other half saw him or her without a pet. They used pictures of a “cat, kitten, puppies, small-sized dogs, medium-sized dogs and large-sized dogs.”
– Women rated men holding puppies as almost 24 percent sexier, 14 percent more trustworthy and 13 percent more attractive than the same man not holding a puppy.
– Owning a large dog did men the fewest favors in terms of sexiness and attractiveness.
– For men, being a medium-sized dog owner led to the lowest trustworthy rating.
– Women also got an attractiveness boost when seen holding a puppy, but were voted 7 percent more appealing when photographed with a medium-sized dog.
– Cats helped men look about 5 percent hotter, but women holding cats were seen as less sexy than those with no pets at all.
– Men, overall, were perceived as smarter when photographed with animals compared to women. Puppies and small-sized dogs gave guys the biggest jump in looking brainy at a 7 percent increase, while cats and medium-sized dogs earned them less than a 2 percent increase.
– Women were voted as seeming smarter when shown with medium-sized dogs.
– Cats made women appear less intelligent.
* So, men – get a puppy, but get rid of it once it starts being a dog.
* And ladies – forget the cat. Until you get married.
* You know it’s bad if you need a dog standing next to you to seem more attractive.
* If you’re an especially hard case you might want to only go out in public with a panda cub.