When a doggy looks deep into her mom's eyes, she feels a lot of love. This is validated by a pet parent giving her pup love in return and smiling back. There's a lot of love in a pet parent's actions, which shows a doggy how much they are adored.

A study has shown that when a dog looks into its owner’s eyes, it gets the same feeling of love that a baby does for its mother.

Evolution is notoriously thrifty,” wrote Evan MacLean and Brian Hare in Science. [The] findings suggest that dogs have taken advantage of our parental sensitivities—using behaviors such as staring into our eyes—to generate feelings of social reward and caretaking behaviour.”

This guy thinks you’re amazing

Thank you, oxytocin: The love hormone

Which means this critter loves you!

In the same way a dog can look into her owner's eyes and feel immense love, I would also argue that a mother feels the same love. It's nice having such an immense connection with a doggy we hold so dear.

A pooch cares for its owner, and the parent loves their doggy just as much — it's nice having so much love go around! Read more about these findings on BODY ROCK.