Chris Pine Says Being a Pet Owner ‘Makes You More Capable of Loving’: Dogs ‘Teach Me a Lot’

> Highlighting some of his favorite parts of owning dogs — including “morning cuddles” — Pine says, **”It’s myriad, small little things throughout the day, where they make you smile because they do something ridiculous.”**

> **”The love that you have with your animals is profound and heart-opening. Then, the practice of that heart opening over time, I can’t help but think that it bleeds into your life elsewhere,”** he continues.

> **”It just makes you more capable of loving, I think. My dogs have continued to teach me a lot,”** adds Pine, who recently released his first children’s book, When Digz the Dog Met Zurl the Squirrel: A Short Tale About a Short Tail.