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By Georgina Rannard
When coronavirus swept the globe last year, reports were everywhere of startling, vivid dreams plaguing us.
Faced with the Covid-19 threat, our brains were overwhelmed and they transferred the stress to our sleeping state.
Now, more than a year on, as many people have become used to pandemic life, we set out to find from you if your dreams had also adapted to the new normal .
Are masks, empty streets and social distancing now simply a backdrop to our everyday dreams? What do you see when you nod off?
From circling sharks to hand-washing
Here are a handful of the dreams readers sent us.
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Smaller, older and male dogs are more likely to be aggressive and growl, snap and bark at humans, a study has found.
Some breeds are also more likely than others to exhibit aggressive behaviour, with Long-Haired Collies, like Lassie, the most aggressive of all breeds.
In contrast, Labradors and Golden Retrievers, beloved for their docile temperament and gentle nature, were found by scientists to be the least aggressive breeds.
When comparing the Rough Collie (left) with the Labrador (right) the researchers found the former is 5.44 times more likely to be aggressive
What dog breeds are the most aggressive?
The below list was compiled by researchers from helsinki who studied the behaviour of more than 9,000 et dogs.
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Dr Naomi Harvey, research manager at Dogs Trust and an academic at the University of Nottingham, conducted the review. She says just because dogs live seven times shorter than humans does not mean each trip around the sun is worth seven for a dog (stock)
Vets warn of a surge in potentially-fatal parvovirus in dogs
Pet owners are being warned of a surge of a highly contagious virus which can kill dogs and is spread through faecal particles.
Parvovirus is a stomach bug which infects dogs and leads to severe vomiting, diarrhoea and dehydration and, if left untreated, death.