I wrote a tongue-in-cheek post the other day about how dogs don’t need walking, it’s humans that do.
This one is a more serious one about how to make a walk better for your dog.
Maru once told me that the walk is the dog’s walk, not ours.
They don’t get to make decisions about when they go out, or where they go. So when we take them out, we can make it their walk.
It’s their time. When they want to stop and sniff, we should let them; even if they want to sniff for a really long time.
When we change our perspective on a walk with our dog, and treat it as their walk, we can make it a lot more enjoyable for them. They’re the pilot, not the passenger.