“My dog ​​is my baby”… These French people who choose to have an animal rather than a child. They do not have children and defer their love to their four-legged companion.

“The bad nights, the pees, the poops, the big stress attacks at the beginning, we have forgotten them,” notes Canelle, 29, in the middle of her living room filled with toys of all kinds. At his side, in this apartment in the 17th arrondissement of Paris, Tanneguy, 31, adds: “We're pretty lucky, because he lets us sleep.”