Stressed-out dogs are being given anti-depressants by their owners to return them to happiness.
In the United States, some of them are even being given Prozac in special meat-flavoured pills.
But animal experts are advising that drugs are not always the answer when tackling canine blues.
Guess it's not the pets but the owners who are barking.
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