Why your smartphone addiction is harming your dog

The most important thing in a relationship with your pet is to be available. — dpa

Dogs love to play, run for sticks and have fun with their owners but nowadays they are fighting to compete with social media as their distracted owners focus on their mobile phones.

For dogs these days, it seems as though their owners spend more and more time chatting with their friends and fiddling with their mobile phones. They can’t get through to humans anymore – it’s as though there is a constant busy signal.