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'Ball-Crazy' Isn't a Personality. It's Usually a Symptom.
Some dogs would chase a tennis ball into traffic and some watch it roll away with total indifference. The difference is less about breed than you think, and the obsessed end of the range is often a dog with one outlet and nothing else.
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