In my opinion, the idea of dog depression is a byproduct of the outdated biogenic amine theory of depression. It is the idea that depression is caused by a lack of certain neurotransmitters. It would follow that if this were true for humans, and animals use the same neurochemicals, then animals could also suffer from…
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