In a bright, tidy living room with the shoes lined up on a high shelf, a fluffy apricot Cavapoo puppy lies on the rug happily gnawing a chew, while a young Black woman in a soft jumper sits on the floor by the sofa sorting a basket of dog toys, smiling.

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Since the puppy arrived, your home has had a makeover nobody asked for. The shoes live in a cupboard now. The bin has moved behind a door. The cables are clipped out of sight, the coffee table is bare, and the good cushions sit on a high shelf like museum pieces. Some days it feels as if you’ve lost your house to a dog.

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