Walking your dog - if you don't have one, walk your neighbor's dog!
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mamapeach910 wrote: »beemerphile1 wrote: »mamapeach910 wrote: »beemerphile1 wrote: »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.
Please keep the dog on a leash at all times, and the definition of a leash is 6' or less. This is for the dog's safety, your safety, the wildlife's safety, and for my safety.
I have had more close encounters with dogs out in the woods than I have with wild animals. There has been two times in recent years that I nearly had to resort to firearm use on threatening dogs that were off leash. The owners weren't even apologetic.
The owners were nearby and you... shot their dogs? And then expected an apology?
I'm going to stick with the treadmill in the gym. Not for fear of loose dogs, but just in case any randoms are out walking with guns. That, and I hate bugs and humidity.
Having trouble with your reading comprehension? No dog was shot.
Okay, so just fired the gun in the air? You sort of left that one hanging. No need for the insult, you weren't very specific.
the person said they nearly had to resort to guns not that they did resort 2 guns
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Since I bought my FitBit 2.5 months ago, I've taken my lab with me for most of my walks and runs. We've hiked up to 14 miles and have run up to 4 miles and he loves it. When I start putting my shoes on, he gets all excited. When I have to leave without him, he gives me such a sad, pathetic look.
Now that summer is upon us, I'll have to be careful how much I take him out.0 -
My dog is not a good walking partner! She is slow and gets lazy, wanting to lay down on the cool grass. Lol.0
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I think maybe some of you people need to eat more . . . you're WAY too grumpy!-1
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SconnieCat wrote: »anna_glassshoes wrote: »anna_glassshoes wrote: »
Oh, I have pets but they're cats. We tried to walk one of them once. He walked into the shrubbery and laid down and then refused to move. :laugh:
Oh cats are too funny
Coincidentally, I have a neighbor who will put a leash on her cat and try to walk it. I see her all the time trying to get the cat to walk with her or her yelling at the cat to get down after it has climbed up a tree.
A few times our cat has come out with us and followed me and the dog around the block. She'll go in short bursts, running from hiding place to hiding place. When she does that I go for a short route so that I'm sure she can find her way home if she loses us.0 -
Nope, my doxie scares the heck out of way bigger dogs than he. No need to murder English in his case.-1 -
My husband has lost 100lbs since we got our springer spaniels, and has sustained it for 18 months so far
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I have a cattle dog... she's a great walking and running partner. Although while we're out, if she sees another small animal she's more interested in herding it and will run in front of me....which invariably causes me to practically trip over her so that I look like a damn spaz.
Also...obligatory picture of the Wonderdog on our fishing boat:
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atypicalsmith wrote: »
Nope, my doxie scares the heck out of way bigger dogs than he. No need to murder English in his case.
Souhhhh .. how does that apply to someone else walking someone else's dog? Or whatever it is we're talking about here.-1 -
atypicalsmith wrote: »
Nope, my doxie scares the heck out of way bigger dogs than he. No need to murder English in his case.
Souhhhh .. how does that apply to someone else walking someone else's dog? Or whatever it is we're talking about here.
What ARE we talking about?0 -
SconnieCat wrote: »I have a cattle dog... she's a great walking and running partner. Although while we're out, if she sees another small animal she's more interested in herding it and will run in front of me....which invariably causes me to practically trip over her so that I look like a damn spaz.
Also...obligatory picture of the Wonderdog on our fishing boat:
Adorable! And she keeps you on your toes! Gotta love that!0 -
SconnieCat wrote: »I have a cattle dog... she's a great walking and running partner. Although while we're out, if she sees another small animal she's more interested in herding it and will run in front of me....which invariably causes me to practically trip over her so that I look like a damn spaz.
Also...obligatory picture of the Wonderdog on our fishing boat:
Awww, she's smiling! I love smiling doggie pictures.
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I let my niece and nephew and the neighborhood kids walk my dog all the time. He's very well trained, and I showed them exactly how to hold the leash. We walk past nearly every neighbors' houses and hear their dogs barking from inside, who are never taken on a walk. THAT'S what we're talking about to the people who can't figure it out.-1
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Of course that doesn't mean that as soon as he spies a squirrel, rabbit, or cat, he is gonn try to rip your arm off! But he's little and controllable (almost).0
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atypicalsmith wrote: »I let my niece and nephew and the neighborhood kids walk my dog all the time. He's very well trained, and I showed them exactly how to hold the leash. We walk past nearly every neighbors' houses and hear their dogs barking from inside, who are never taken on a walk. THAT'S what we're talking about to the people who can't figure it out.
I'm just curious, how do you verify that none of their dogs are ever taken on a walk?
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atypicalsmith wrote: »I let my niece and nephew and the neighborhood kids walk my dog all the time. He's very well trained, and I showed them exactly how to hold the leash. We walk past nearly every neighbors' houses and hear their dogs barking from inside, who are never taken on a walk. THAT'S what we're talking about to the people who can't figure it out.
Is it because they're in their cars with the air conditioning on?
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I am another person who would not let other people walk her dogs. The only person besides my husband and I who has ever walked one of ours is my sister. I only trust her because she used to dogsit and watch an Akita and a Bouvier and I trust her to be able to hold the leash even if our dogs pull hard.
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One of my dogs is blind due to glaucoma. Taking her for a walk is more dangerous for her than anything else, she can't even see where to step.
My other dog won't go without the blind one, so that rules that out.
The fact they had aircon on with the windows open...(just how close to the car were you in order to know it was on anyway) is not relevant at all to your life.0 -
atypicalsmith wrote: »I let my niece and nephew and the neighborhood kids walk my dog all the time. He's very well trained, and I showed them exactly how to hold the leash. We walk past nearly every neighbors' houses and hear their dogs barking from inside, who are never taken on a walk. THAT'S what we're talking about to the people who can't figure it out.
I'm just curious, how do you verify that none of their dogs are ever taken on a walk?
Because I've offered to take their dogs on a walk and they say that they get enough exercise running around inside the house.0 -
And yes, like me, most of them are overweight. The people. I don't know about the dogs because I never see them.0
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i love walking my pup.. i have an 18month old pit/lab mix and she loves going on walks and hikes.. she wears a back pack and carries her water, treats, water bowl and extra poo bags.. i would not trust anyone outside of my immediate family to walk her...0
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OP - your nieces and nephews are in an activity class at the same time as the man in the car's kid? I think it would be a nice gesture to invite him to walk with you.0
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My husky was a great motivator to walk. We walked 1/2 mile in the AM and up to 2 miles at night. Him needing it gave me extra motivation. Sadly, he died young of cancer.
I borrow my neighbor's Shih Tzu sometimes, but it just isn't the same. In addition to her not bing as good on the trail, sometimes I spend 30 minutes walking and 60 minutes combing her out.
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kshama2001 wrote: »My husky was a great motivator to walk. We walked 1/2 mile in the AM and up to 2 miles at night. Him needing it gave me extra motivation. Sadly, he died young of cancer.
Aww, what a beautiful boy..!
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I don't have a dog, but whenever I hit 3 mph on a walk, MFP defaults to "moderate pace, walking dog." So apparently I don't need one.0
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PaulaWallaDingDong wrote: »I don't have a dog, but whenever I hit 3 mph on a walk, MFP defaults to "moderate pace, walking dog." So apparently I don't need one.
LOL
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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.
We take our dog for a walk at dawn and again at dusk everyone day, rain or shine. When we are trying to exercise, we leave him behind. He likes to stop and smell every blade of grass, bush or tree he passes. Kinda hard building up the heart rate with him. Ha! I often like to take a long walk around the neighborhood at night, and if he sees me leaving, when I get back he's waiting at the door expecting me to take him out too. Hard to resist those eyes and that waggy tail!
As far as the obese man in the car, unless it was someone I knew, and I knew their circumstances, I wouldn't presume to do that, but if you do, I hope you are tactful about it.0 -
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.
If I walk my neighbor's dog, my cats will be very upset. I'll have to pass and stick to running with no dog. 0 -
I actually earn money by walking people's dog's. These are not lazy people, these are either people with health problems, or on vacation.0
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My elderly neighbour had a heart problem and couldn't walk his dog properly, so I started taking him for walks, which was great, as it got me out of the house every day. Gradually, we started running, and together we did the c25k! The neighbours operation was successful, and he started walking the dog again, but Roly still loved our runs. I have moved now, but I still occasionally go to see them, and every time, I have to take the dog for a run or he sulks
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