When Puppy Love Is Better than the Touch of a Man (or Woman) 2.41K Maureen O'Connor 02/09/10 04:31AM Filed to: Be mine Be mine Valentine's Day Pets Animals Factois Statisticfragilistic puppy love Romance Gettypic Twenty-seven percent of American adults would rather spend Valentine's Day with a pet than a human partner. To those of you who just thought the unspeakable: You disgust me. [NYP]