Walking your dog - if you don't have one, walk your neighbor's dog!
atypicalsmith
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I usually walk my dog a mile in the morning, then another mile in the late evening. Last night, I took my doxie with me to my niece's and nephew's activities at church, and my dog and I walked for an entire hour! Plus another twenty minutes at a park. While at my church, an obese man sat in his car with the air conditioning running and windows open while his daughter went to her activity class. I so wanted to ask him to come for a walk with us. Maybe next time I will.
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He'll think you want his body
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I'd be hesitant to walk any of my neighbour's dogs, to be honest, and I'm a big animal lover. Because what if they got loose, or encountered a unleashed dog and got into a fight? What if they bit someone? It's different if it's your own animal, but somebody else's? I wouldn't want the guilt or potential liability if something happened.
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I have some obese friends who seem pretty content the way they are. I've seen them use their stomach fat as a sort of table that they can lay things on while they're sitting down.0
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I don't like walking dogs... they slow me down, lol.0
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Seems rather Judgemental to me. How do you know he didn't have a disability and is unable to walk far due to health conditions. It's very dangerous ground to make such assumptions that you seem yo be implying about people.atypicalsmith wrote: »I usually walk my dog a mile in the morning, then another mile in the late evening. Last night, I took my doxie with me to my niece's and nephew's activities at church, and my dog and I walked for an entire hour! Plus another twenty minutes at a park. While at my church, an obese man sat in his car with the air conditioning running and windows open while his daughter went to her activity class. I so wanted to ask him to come for a walk with us. Maybe next time I will.
Also why do you need a dog to go for a walk? Just walk if you want to?
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My dog had been the best thing to get me up and running again. The running has a set time because I'm training and he loves it. Or he did when he was on the extension leash. I've now got one of those hands free leashes and he's having to adjust.
We also go on a second walk which I always intend to be short but I always end up out for an hour or more.0 -
isulo_kura wrote: »
Seems rather Judgemental to me. How do you know he didn't have a disability and is unable to walk far due to health conditions. It's very dangerous ground to make such assumptions that you seem yo be implying about people.atypicalsmith wrote: »I usually walk my dog a mile in the morning, then another mile in the late evening. Last night, I took my doxie with me to my niece's and nephew's activities at church, and my dog and I walked for an entire hour! Plus another twenty minutes at a park. While at my church, an obese man sat in his car with the air conditioning running and windows open while his daughter went to her activity class. I so wanted to ask him to come for a walk with us. Maybe next time I will.
Also why do you need a dog to go for a walk? Just walk if you want to?
This. ^^^
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I walk my two but also volunteered at a rescue for a while. Twenty-eight dogs needed walks and play time once a week. I was whipped, the dogs were content but never tired lol0
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20-25k every day for us (my dog is an hyperactive *kitten* hehe)...0
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Allergies prevent me from being around animals, sadly.0
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I would rather get stabbed in the eye than let someone walk my dog.
^^this!
I just went on holiday and left my dog with my long-term boyfriend who is used to taking him on walks and I still spent the whole week in a state of heightened anxiety!
Saying that though, dog walking is amazing for getting you to do that extra bit of exercise you maybe wouldn't think to do anyway. I don't log my walks with my dog though because I just see taking him out several times a day as part of my normal, everyday activity levels.0 -
I signed up to this; Borrow My Doggy... it's kind of like a dating agency but matches you up with a dog instead (!)... but then decided I was too nervous about taking responsibility for someone else's dog. But, am still thinking of doing it – I can't have a dog of my own right now so it could be the perfect solution. It's true that it might actually slow you down if you're a power walker (allowing for endless sniffing/peeing on every lamp post/chasing butterflies etc).
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I have two doxies I walk at least once a day every day. They know when we walk it is time to walk, not sniff the bushes, even the baby who is only 3.5 months.0
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snickerscharlie wrote: »isulo_kura wrote: »
Seems rather Judgemental to me. How do you know he didn't have a disability and is unable to walk far due to health conditions. It's very dangerous ground to make such assumptions that you seem yo be implying about people.atypicalsmith wrote: »I usually walk my dog a mile in the morning, then another mile in the late evening. Last night, I took my doxie with me to my niece's and nephew's activities at church, and my dog and I walked for an entire hour! Plus another twenty minutes at a park. While at my church, an obese man sat in his car with the air conditioning running and windows open while his daughter went to her activity class. I so wanted to ask him to come for a walk with us. Maybe next time I will.
Also why do you need a dog to go for a walk? Just walk if you want to?
This. ^^^
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I don't want to walk a dog. I can't deal with picking up freshly squirreled-out poop from other creatures. I barely make it changing a poopy diaper without heaving and there's a lot more "protection" with a diaper than a plastic baggie.0 -
I don't really like dogs and don't need an excuse to walk or run.0
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Chrysalid2014 wrote: »I signed up to this; Borrow My Doggy... it's kind of like a dating agency but matches you up with a dog instead (!)... but then decided I was too nervous about taking responsibility for someone else's dog. But, am still thinking of doing it – I can't have a dog of my own right now so it could be the perfect solution. It's true that it might actually slow you down if you're a power walker (allowing for endless sniffing/peeing on every lamp post/chasing butterflies etc).
Instead of doing that @chrysalid2014 why not go volunteer at an animal shelter and walk those dogs?
One of the shelters up here is advertising the need for walkers. And an MFP friend would take a shelter dog once or twice a week on a run with him...
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I dog-sat my mother-in-law's dog and thought it would be fun to walk her. Not all dogs are good walking partners! Breed and training play a part- she was a lazy little b#### - She slowed me down when she WAS walking, then decided to just lie down in the road - so, I got to not only carry a bag of her steaming, stinky business, but also the lazy dog herself!
I'd much rather fly solo, personally!
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lishie_rebooted wrote: »Chrysalid2014 wrote: »I signed up to this; Borrow My Doggy... it's kind of like a dating agency but matches you up with a dog instead (!)... but then decided I was too nervous about taking responsibility for someone else's dog. But, am still thinking of doing it – I can't have a dog of my own right now so it could be the perfect solution. It's true that it might actually slow you down if you're a power walker (allowing for endless sniffing/peeing on every lamp post/chasing butterflies etc).
Instead of doing that @chrysalid2014 why not go volunteer at an animal shelter and walk those dogs?
One of the shelters up here is advertising the need for walkers. And an MFP friend would take a shelter dog once or twice a week on a run with him...
I would really like to do that too but it's not as practical: the local shelter is a half hour bus ride from where I live, in an area on the outskirts of town where I hardly ever go otherwise, and £4 in bus fare, and my favourite walking route starts at my house and goes in the opposite direction. Even so perhaps I'll look into that again. Coincidentally I have to go up there tomorrow to have my body fat percentage measured at the sports science institute which is right next door – maybe your suggestion was fate...
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Two of our dogs are good walkers and the third is...not. He was a good racer so I thought he might like running instead but this was him after two 60 sec run / 90 sec walk intervals when I tried to put him through C25k. I had to turn around to take this picture because he was behind me and I was not running fast at all. He just didn't want to do it. He likes running sprints around the yard and through the house but outside of that, he's a lazy bum.
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Two of our dogs are good walkers and the third is...not. He was a good racer so I thought he might like running instead but this was him after two 60 sec run / 90 sec walk intervals when I tried to put him through C25k. I had to turn around to take this picture because he was behind me and I was not running fast at all. He just didn't want to do it. He likes running sprints around the yard and through the house but outside of that, he's a lazy bum.
Of course he doesn't like it. You're making him do his old job!
Try a bunny on a stick? 0 -
Two of our dogs are good walkers and the third is...not. He was a good racer so I thought he might like running instead but this was him after two 60 sec run / 90 sec walk intervals when I tried to put him through C25k. I had to turn around to take this picture because he was behind me and I was not running fast at all. He just didn't want to do it. He likes running sprints around the yard and through the house but outside of that, he's a lazy bum.
Of course he doesn't like it. You're making him do his old job! Try a bunny on a stick?
Ha! He is a big fan of retirement for sure.0 -
Tie a bunny to your butt.
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Good idea, until your dog tears her doggie ACL and can no longer go on lovely long walks or to the off-leash park. If I want a long walk now, I have to do our 15 minutes round the neighbourhood and then bring her home before I go off walking again. Makes us both sad.0
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I don't have any dogs and love to hike in the mountains around me but won't do it alone so I borrow a friend's dog. I swear she saved my life once.
We were hiking along, she stopped and sniffed the air then came to me and cowered at my feet. I put the leash on her and tried to get her to continue the hike but she wouldn't have it. She literally pulled me back to the car so I drove us to another area and she was fine.
I bet that there was a bear or cougar nearby.
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Some dogs can be great exercise partners. Don't try to borrow my dogs though. They are both horrible exercise partners- mostly blind, small, elderly, wanting to walk in circles around you or sniff the same patch of ground. It is so much better walking without them.0
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snickerscharlie wrote: »isulo_kura wrote: »
Seems rather Judgemental to me. How do you know he didn't have a disability and is unable to walk far due to health conditions. It's very dangerous ground to make such assumptions that you seem yo be implying about people.atypicalsmith wrote: »I usually walk my dog a mile in the morning, then another mile in the late evening. Last night, I took my doxie with me to my niece's and nephew's activities at church, and my dog and I walked for an entire hour! Plus another twenty minutes at a park. While at my church, an obese man sat in his car with the air conditioning running and windows open while his daughter went to her activity class. I so wanted to ask him to come for a walk with us. Maybe next time I will.
Also why do you need a dog to go for a walk? Just walk if you want to?
This. ^^^
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I don't want to walk a dog. I can't deal with picking up freshly squirreled-out poop from other creatures. I barely make it changing a poopy diaper without heaving and there's a lot more "protection" with a diaper than a plastic baggie.
It's even worse in the winter when it steams! LOL.0 -
thereshegoesagain wrote: »I don't have any dogs and love to hike in the mountains around me but won't do it alone so I borrow a friend's dog. I swear she saved my life once.
We were hiking along, she stopped and sniffed the air then came to me and cowered at my feet. I put the leash on her and tried to get her to continue the hike but she wouldn't have it. She literally pulled me back to the car so I drove us to another area and she was fine.
I bet that there was a bear or cougar nearby.
My dog has saved my butt hiking a couple times. We were on the trail and I was chatting with my friend and not really paying attention. He just stopped dead in front of me, I nearly tripped over him. I look up and there was a massive rattler sitting in the path, tail shaking and all, I would have stepped on him for sure if my pup hadn't stopped.0 -
I have two Jack Russells. I wouldn't trust just anyone to walk them without me being around.0
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I would rather get stabbed in the eye than let someone walk my dog.
For real. I'm still dogless at the moment, but I would get nervous leaving them at kennels when I was out of town.
And OP sounds a big judgy. I get that you've seen the light and want to convert others, but don't try to recruit someone you know only as Obese Man.0
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