Dr Andics said: «We know very well that dogs are very good at tuning into the feelings of their owners, and we know a good dog owner can
detect emotional changes in his dog - but we now begin to understand why this can be.»
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detects changes in gambling and urges, thoughts and preoccupation, control,
emotional distress, and adverse personal consequences as a result of gambling in the last 7 days.41 The scale has good test - retest reliability (n = 58; r = 0.70), and item consistency (α = 0.89), while convergent validity compared favourably with another gambling index over a 10 - week period (n = 48; r scores = 0.68 — 0.82).41