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YOUR DOG GETS STRESSED WHEN YOU DO

Your pet dog can mirror your anxiety. A Swedish study shows pet pooches synchronise their stress levels with their owners. The researchers measured the stress hormone (cortisol) levels in dogs and their humans over the course of a year and matched them with puppy personality questionnaires filled out by the owners.

They found the dogs’ personalities didn’t affect their owners’ stress levels, suggesting the dogs respond to the stress in their owners, and not the other way around.