It a time for all dog lovers/owners to know the importance of walking their dogs. There are lots of benefits attached to walking your dog's which includes:


FOR HUMANS


1. Human Health: maintain a healthy weight, prevent or manage conditions like heart disease or high blood pressure, strengthen your bones, lift your mood and improve your balance and coordination. They also say “the faster, farther and more frequently you walk, the greater the benefits.”


2. Trust and Confidence
I always encourage people who don’t walk their dogs to do so. One thing I find is that people who’ve never walked their dogs often lose the confidence to do so before they’ve even tried. I also find that they might have a lot of fun with their dogs but their dogs do not truly trust or respect them. In crucial moments, their dogs make all the decisions and refuse to listen to them. For humans, the more we walk our dogs the more we convince ourselves that we can do it, and we build confidence. For dogs, the more confident we become, the more they trust and respect us; they are then far more likely to listen to us when asked.


3. Social: If you like making friends, meeting new people is much easier when you have a dog. People will strike up a conversation about your dog’s breed or unique look, or other dog owners might ask if your dogs can meet.


4. Relationship
You can build a relationship fastest with a dog when you walk together—it will deepen your bond. When bringing home a new dog, take a few good long walks to get to know each other and build your relationship. Many people try to use treats and physical affection first to build their relationships with their dogs, but the way to a dog’s heart is not through their mouths. The way to a dog’s heart is through the walk.


5. Happiness
When you have a great relationship with your dog, you’re in good health, and you’re making new friends, you’re bound to experience more joy in life. And best of all, even with all of these incredible benefits: it’s free! Your and your dog’s health, happiness, and bond all for the price of nothing is, well, priceless.
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FOR YOUR DOG.


1. Our Dog’s Health


2. Socialization


3. Structure
Walking our dogs can be a great source of structure and complements the structure that we provide inside the home. In fact, the two are inseparable: structure inside the home translates to good behavior outside the home; and structure that’s reinforced outside the home translates to improved behavior inside the home. Because we love our dogs we often believe they should have all the freedom in the world. But structure is hard-wired into dogs: they seek it, crave it and are happier with it. Even a dog’s free time is better enjoyed by them (and safer) when it’s presented in a structured way.


4. Confidence
In a pack, a dog could almost completely rely on the leadership of the pack leaders to derive their confidence. Living with humans doesn’t mean that dogs don’t need confidence; they need it even more so since the rhythm of our lives can be hectic and emotional. Dogs build confidence when they’re able to see, smell and experience many different things and can learn about different areas of the world. This is yet another way that walking benefits dogs.


5. Fulfillment
There is no more basic rhythm for dogs than walking; it makes their lives whole. A dog’s excitement to eat or to greet us coming home from work is different than them being happy and fulfilled. Excitement in dogs can turn into aggression in an instant: it doesn’t mean a dog is happy. Fulfillment, on the other hand, is a calm and balanced presence where a dog and their person have built a relationship of respect and trust; the first step of which is walking together. Etc......



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Nice info

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Lalasticlala Mynd44 Seun

Good bt i love to walk with my cat