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10/02-- Andrew Luescher, director of Purdue's Animal Behavior Clinic, places a gentle leader on Madi. Gentle leaders are used in behavior modification for dogs with mental disorders, such as canine compulsive disorder. It is estimated about 2 percent of the dog population has this disorder, which can lessen a dog's quality of life and disrupt the human-animal bond. Dogs with the disease often display compulsive disorders, such as tail chasing, snapping the air, licking excessively, chewing with an empty mouth and barking monotonously without any change in volume or inflection. (Purdue News Service Photo by David Umberger)
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