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    Discover the surprising psychology behind hobby dogging and hobby horsing - imaginative sports sweeping Europe where adults walk invisible dogs and ride stick horses for deeper benefits than real pets could provide.

    Why Germany's Invisible Pet Craze Beats Real Animals

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    We live in a culture that often treats imagination as something you're supposed to outgrow, but hobby horsing flips that script. It’s about reclaiming the willing suspension of disbelief that allows adults to tap back into the kind of imaginative play that gets socialized out of us as we grow up.

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