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Want steps???...Want to stay active?? Get a dog..You will then have no choice but to stay active..Problem solved!!
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Idk man, mine are just laying there. They’ve been asleep for like 20 hours. Maybe I got a defect model.32
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Get a dog.. IF you will truly love them until the end.. puppies get bought every year for christmas and then abandoned once they lose that tiny cuteness..
Getting steps is a bonus but please make sure this dog is getting a forever home.27 -
My entire cardio is walking my collie5
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The dog I adopted doesn't know how to dog. He's old and has no fur on his entire back half. No one wanted him and he was about to be put down. He isn't energetic, he doesn't play with toys or chase squirrels (but he'll "chase" a tortoise like nobody's business), he won't go on walks, he doesn't do much of anything aside from sleep. But he's the best dog that doesn't know how to dog ever and I don't know why anyone wouldn't want him. He's not a good exercise companion, but he's a great life companion (during the 2 or 3 hours a day that he musters up the energy to mosey on into the living room and out of his cozy sleeping spot.). I pretty much just wanted to talk about my dog that's probably really a sloth.59
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stormlover757 wrote: »Want steps???...Want to stay active?? Get a dog..You will then have no choice but to stay active..Problem solved!!
HAHAHAHAHAHAHAHAHAHAHAHAHAHAHAHAH
No.
The only thing that can make you be/stay active, is if you choose to be/stay active. No one else. No 'thing' else.
Anecdote 1: I owned a Malamute/Husky crossbred mutt for 12.5 years. He went everywhere I did, every day, where he was allowed - no moral/ethical bankruptcy lying that he was a "service dog" when he wasn't. But I never walked him on a regular basis, ever, in his entire life. And he never had a weight problem unless my mother had to watch him for more than a few weeks due to assignments because she'd feed him entire plates of human food in addition to his normal food rations. I just do not "do" daily walks with the dogs I own. Maybe because I've always had a secure yard or acreage to let my dogs out to potty.
Anecdote 2: My dad does walk his dogs regularly despite have a secure acre for them to roam if they want. For approximately 2.5 miles in a loop around his rural neighborhood. Every day in fact, barring conditions too icy to walk even with traction devices. Sometimes, twice even. Dog parks on the regular to chase a Chuckit! ball over grass instead of dirt/mud. Yeah, they both had to be put on a reducing diet earlier this year; her to go from a clinically obese 56 lbs to 46 lbs and him from a clinically obese 73 lbs to 55 lbs.
By the way, the current state of companion dog/cat obesity in the US: https://www.avma.org/News/JAVMANews/Pages/160615o.aspx
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stormlover757 wrote: »Want steps???...Want to stay active?? Get a dog..You will then have no choice but to stay active..Problem solved!!
This is the worst reason to get a dog.5 -
I feel like the OP wasn’t saying, “buy a dog you will hate and someday abuse so you can walk more now”. I read it as a bit of fun and good on you OP for being a responsible pet owner who walks their dog! My four (dear god I did say four but what do you do when you marry a man who also has two?) are too lazy to be bothered with much exercise but I bet all of us would be in better shape if I started walking them!9
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Yea my dog is lazier than I am.. and I'm pretty friggin lazy.6
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My dog is sincerely awesome - we go running on the trails for hours together.... but I would have done that running with or without him. He’s just good for companionship and extra protection when out alone in the woods.
He’s not my motivation to run, though ... except for maybe the occasional sprints in the field across the way like goofy idiots. Yes, my BFF is a dog. I’m okay with that.
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maggibailey wrote: »I read it as a bit of fun and good on you OP for being a responsible pet owner who walks their dog! My four (dear god I did say four but what do you do when you marry a man who also has two?) are too lazy to be bothered with much exercise but I bet all of us would be in better shape if I started walking them!
Responsible pet ownership is taking your animals to a licensed veterinarian for medical care. It is vaccinating them for preventable diseases. It is keeping them free of external parasites. It is getting them into a dentist once a year since they chip and fracture teeth on the regular because we give them inappropriate things to chew/eat all the time and they do not show oral pain like you or I would (i.e., on the floor rolling around clutching our jaws, crying and drooling). It is registering them with your city and county as required by law. It is only breeding them if it is for betterment of the breed with third party independently proven superior (champion/medalled/titled) animals. It is taking out health insurance policies for them if you do not have the discretionary income to cover unexpected accidents/emergencies that can easily hit the 2-7K mark. And so on.
Walking a dog has no bearing on whether a person is a responsible owner or not.
As pointed out earlier, even the dog who is walked every day can end up being made obese if fed too many food and treat calories by his/her owner(s).8 -
https://www.cesarsway.com/cesar-millan/cesars-blog/the-best
https://animalfoundation.com/the-importance-of-walking-your-dog/
https://m.petmd.com/dog/slideshows/general_health/top-ten-health-benefits-walking-your-pet-provides
I’ll just leave these right here
. If you have a vet who tells you it is unimportant for good animal husbandry to provide exercise for you pets be they large or small, your vet might need a refresher course. And notice I said I don’t walk mine. But since I do all the things you mentioned above I guess I’ll consider myself a pretty fabulous pet owner though not as good as my vet says I should be due to the lazy portion of my post. 3 -
grinning_chick wrote: »maggibailey wrote: »I read it as a bit of fun and good on you OP for being a responsible pet owner who walks their dog! My four (dear god I did say four but what do you do when you marry a man who also has two?) are too lazy to be bothered with much exercise but I bet all of us would be in better shape if I started walking them!
Walking a dog has no bearing on whether a person is a responsible owner or not.
I vehemently disagree!!! If someone couldn't be bothered taking their dog out for exercise everyday, which is both physical AND mental stimulation for them then i would advise getting a cat or goldfish... Because a dog is not the right pet/companion for people like that.
Playing fetch in the backyard isn't good enough! A bored dog is not a happy dog.
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My mum's in her early eighties and pretty much stopped walking after she had to put down her beloved old dog. She couldn't bring herself to go looking for a new dog either. I looked and looked on rescue websites, made enquiries and kept sending pics to her (she lives in another state). After months of searching, a rescue place said, "we think we have the dog for your mum". They even brought him out to Mum's home for the meet and greet. He is perfect. It was love at first sight and she adores him.
And the result (as I was hoping for) is that Mum is back to her daily walks. It's great for her physical and mental health. For some people, yes, the dog is definitely the motivation. It is for my mum. Of course, as others have said, responsible pet ownership should be the first priority. But I would think that the owners taking the time to exercise their dogs are usually not the ones to worry about.
OP, your dog is adorable. I love black dogs.
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Christine_72 wrote: »grinning_chick wrote: »maggibailey wrote: »I read it as a bit of fun and good on you OP for being a responsible pet owner who walks their dog! My four (dear god I did say four but what do you do when you marry a man who also has two?) are too lazy to be bothered with much exercise but I bet all of us would be in better shape if I started walking them!
Walking a dog has no bearing on whether a person is a responsible owner or not.
I vehemently disagree!!! If someone couldn't be bothered taking their dog out for exercise everyday, which is both physical AND mental stimulation for them then i would advise getting a cat or goldfish... Because a dog is not the right pet/companion for people like that.
Playing fetch in the backyard isn't good enough! A bored dog is not a happy dog.
For the record cats need stimulation and exercise too..6 -
HellYeahItsKriss wrote: »Christine_72 wrote: »grinning_chick wrote: »maggibailey wrote: »I read it as a bit of fun and good on you OP for being a responsible pet owner who walks their dog! My four (dear god I did say four but what do you do when you marry a man who also has two?) are too lazy to be bothered with much exercise but I bet all of us would be in better shape if I started walking them!
Walking a dog has no bearing on whether a person is a responsible owner or not.
I vehemently disagree!!! If someone couldn't be bothered taking their dog out for exercise everyday, which is both physical AND mental stimulation for them then i would advise getting a cat or goldfish... Because a dog is not the right pet/companion for people like that.
Playing fetch in the backyard isn't good enough! A bored dog is not a happy dog.
For the record cats need stimulation and exercise too..
Yes, but they walk themselves. Unless you have an indoor cat, then yeah, the onus is 100% on the owner to provide adequate stimulation.
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So.. I'm a total cat person.. even seeing kittens struggle in what is supposed to be a positive documentary left me balling my eyes out kind of cat person.. I wish all cats were indoor cats.. it's sad to think about them having shorter life spans from accidents..
I want a indoor cat farm if I ever win the lottery lol2 -
HellYeahItsKriss wrote: »So.. I'm a total cat person.. even seeing kittens struggle in what is supposed to be a positive documentary left me balling my eyes out kind of cat person.. I wish all cats were indoor cats.. it's sad to think about them having shorter life spans from accidents..
I want a indoor cat farm if I ever win the lottery lol
Kriss, is this you?
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=sP4NMoJcFd4 3 -
Alatariel75 wrote: »HellYeahItsKriss wrote: »So.. I'm a total cat person.. even seeing kittens struggle in what is supposed to be a positive documentary left me balling my eyes out kind of cat person.. I wish all cats were indoor cats.. it's sad to think about them having shorter life spans from accidents..
I want a indoor cat farm if I ever win the lottery lol
Kriss, is this you?https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=sP4NMoJcFd4
Lol I can't click that ATM but I think I remember seeing that once. If I remember correctly I'm a crazy cat person but I think I went right on the spectrum and she went so left it doesn't even register. Lol1 -
She cries in this video saying she loves cats right??1
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