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Dogs can experience depression.

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INSUFFICIENT LEANING
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Is it true that dogs can experience depression?

Unclear. The retrieved items only partially support the claim: a small pilot study describes depression-like behaviour in shelter dogs, a sociology reference notes Seligman compared dogs' helplessness symptoms to human depression, and a popular-press piece asserts dogs can be depressed. None provides a definitive clinical demonstration that dogs experience depression as such.

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“Beyond the Sad Eyes”: A Pilot Study on Behavioural and Physiological Indicators in Shelter Dogs Exhibiting Depression-like Behaviour
2026
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“Beyond the Sad Eyes”: A Pilot Study on Behavioural and Physiological Indicators in Shelter Dogs Exhibiting Depression-like Behaviour. (2026). doi.org. https://doi.org/10.3390/ani16132079

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theblackwellencyclopediaofsociology. (n.d.). archive.org. https://archive.org/details/theblackwellencyclopediaofsociology

In Case You Haven't Heard…
2024
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In Case You Haven't Heard…. (2024). doi.org. https://doi.org/10.1002/mhw.34006

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