Pill-Popping Pets - Dogs, Cats, And Mood-Altering Drugs (NYT)

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"If I were locked inside the bathroom all day, I'd swallow the shampoo, too. Although most animal-behavior problems are believed to have genetic roots, their expressions are typically triggered by the unnatural lives that people force their pets to lead."

The NYT has a great article for this weekend's magazine section on pharmaceuticals for pets. Dog diet pills may be a joke, but other pharmaceuticals are definitely merited; it's unfortunate though that some people will choose pills as a shortcut for proper training, exercise and discipline.

As for Mochi, he stays off the drugs. That leaves at least one kind of small object that he doesn't continually have in his mouth...

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