It did for me. You have to be truly heartless to see a dog being sad about not going outside. So you take it for a walk, then another and another. Soon enough you're researching hiking trails in your region and getting healthier.

Dogs are the best.

agreed, with an addendum : we have rescue cats too, and they too are like "nope, off the computer, time to play".

And perhaps because we have both, they all will play games together (and with us humans): the cats are like dogs who can do gymnastics.

the cats will walk outside on leashes but look annoyed and embarrassed. however our feral ancestry dog is like having Richard Simmons on meth...and makes me amused at people who are like "a border collie is a handful". i'm like tell it to her paw.