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My dog can’t stop after just one throw.

I know he’s supposed to say it himself, but he’s just a dog. So we say it for him: “Hi. My name is Rupert, and I’m a fetchaholic.”

Rupe is my Border Collie, and he’s got a real problem – although he doesn’t see it that way. When he drops a sodden tennis ball at our feet, his eyes glazed and unfocused in anticipation of a fetching “fix,” my husband and I ignore the ball and pat his head, instead. “Rupe, the first step to recovery is admitting that you have a problem,” we tell the uncomprehending junkie, who ducks our pats and nudges the ball closer to our hands. That…

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