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OK, I confess. My dog's paws smell of ‘stagnant Mini Cheddars', and I love them

Do we need yet another study to tell us that dogs can be 'more comforting than spouses' despite having bad breath, embarrassing libidos and spectacular flatulence (which, to be fair, so do a great many spouses)? No, we do not. There seems to be a new survey saying precisely this every month. There surely must be a financial incentive behind it because the latest is a whopper, conducted across 20 countries involving more than 30,000 people and finding that dogs and indeed cats outrank not only husbands and wives but also children, friends and extended family as emotional support crutches. I'm sure it is pure coincidence that it was conducted by a pet food company that would benefit enormously if everyone got a pet. But