Why do I love my dog? Because she helps me access my real, primal self
- Posted on March 15, 2026
- By The Times
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Why do I love my dog? Because she helps me access my real, primal self

A new exhibition at the Bodleian, Oxford, explores our obsession with pets. We don’t know who we are any more, says the curator Charles Foster, who once lived as a badger