Tips for ensuring your pet takes to a new boyfriend or girlfriend.

What could be better than to be greeted with passionate ecstasy, even if you’ve only been away for two minutes? How lovely to be adored, always and unconditionally; and by a companion who never criticises or argues, and who doesn’t even notice when you’ve had a bad hair day.
According to a new study, pet ownership among single people is on the rise. In the US it rose up by 10% between 2006 and 2011. And that is likely to be mirrored on this side of the Atlantic.