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Location: Dogsey and Worcestershire
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25-05-2010, 07:18 PM
If I said I want you to sit on a chair all day staring at the wall, no books, TV, entertainment of any kind allowed what would you say?
For a dog every sniff tells a story, how many dogs went that way, their sex and general health it's all there in a sniff
.A walk with sniffs is the doggy equivalent of reading a book, it is their mental stimulation and prevents boredom, to try to deprive them of this is IMO unfair. So my advice would be if you want a walk or jog without a dog sniffing take your dog out first then go alone, don't deprive it of a valuable source of mental stimulation and 'entertainment'
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Location: Syracuse, NY USA
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25-05-2010, 07:19 PM
Originally Posted by Vicki 
Why would you want to stop a dog sniffing on "his" walk? If you're going to prevent him from doing what comes naturally, then you are depriving him, in my opinion.
It's his walk too, you know......
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Location: East Midlands, UK
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25-05-2010, 08:22 PM
Originally Posted by Minihaha
Hi Meg and welcome to Dogsey
If I said I want you to sit on a chair all day staring at the wall, no books, TV, entertainment of any kind allowed what would you say?
For a dog every sniff tells a story, how many dogs went that way, their sex and general health it's all there in a sniff
.A walk with sniffs is the doggy equivalent of reading a book, it is their mental stimulation and prevents boredom, to try to deprive them of this is IMO unfair. So my advice would be if you want a walk or jog without a dog sniffing take your dog out first then go alone, don't deprive it of a valuable source of mental stimulation and 'entertainment'
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