EPISODE · Oct 17, 2025 · 5 MIN
Barking bad: The ruff road to recovery
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Dogs can become so attached to particular toys that they display behaviour that would be associated with addiction in humans. Researchers say when the dogs were deprived of their toys in the study, they became so fixated on what they'd lost that their blood pressure increased and they ignored everything else.
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Dogs can become so attached to particular toys that they display behaviour that would be associated with addiction in humans. Researchers say when the dogs were deprived of their toys in the study, they became so fixated on what they'd lost that their blood pressure increased and they ignored everything else.
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