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Walking Your Dog

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Walking your dog daily is essential and there are benefits to both you and your dog. Please remember to leash your dog and also take the opportunity to toilet train them so that they will pooh during their walk. It is also a good time for you to bond with your dog too.

Do you walk your dog?

It is important that you walk your dog at least once daily.

Your dog needs the daily exercise for health reasons and also it will take the boredom away from it else it is likely to be mischievous during the day; like digging your garden, chewing on things around the house, barking for your attention to play. After the walk, it is likely to rest peaceful during the day and it is not so restless.

Whether it is a small or big dog, it needs the daily walk.

Besides the exercise, your dog also gets to explore the surroundings and also socialize with who you come across during the walk; like your neighbors and possibly their dogs too, or even strangers around the housing area. Socializing your dog is also an important part of training your dog.

I recommend that you do it at the same time daily; like early in the morning or after dinner at night. You should also take the opportunity to toilet train your dog to pooh during the walk. Please remember to bring along some plastic bags or newspaper to pick up its pooh.

How long or far should you walk your dog?

Well, you need to make some judgments depending on the size of your dog. You may not walk too far for a small dog compared to a bigger dog.?You should also take the age of the dog into consideration too, as the older dog even if it is a big dog, is likely not to have the same stamina as before.

If you tend to have a long walk as part of your routine or the route is such that there is no short-cut to it, then remember to let the dog rest and you may even want to carry a bottle of water and a small bowl for a water break.

What do you need for the walk?

I recommend that you leash your dog no matter how well it is trained as there could be people who are not comfortable with dogs, big or small ones. In Singapore, it is against the law and the owner could be fined if his dog is not leashed in public.

Please bring along some newspaper or plastic bags to pick up your dog pooh, if the park does not provide such pooh bags.

A bottle of water and a small bowl may be required, depending on the distance you intend to cover and also your dog too.

I have seen people jogging or cycling with their dogs, small or big ones, in the park and I noticed the poor dogs are having a hard time keeping up with their owners. Their tongues are hanging out of their mouths and some are even being dragged along too. I think you should avoid stressing your dogs unless you have done it often and you are aware of their stamina. They should be running by your side effortlessly.

I have 2 dogs and I either walk them separately or together as one is a 10 years old beagle and the other dog is a 5 years old corgi, a smaller dog. The beagle has better stamina than the corgi but it has also slowed down due to his age. They look forward to it daily and they are now trained to pooh at the same time too.