Dog Walking: Why To Start, How Often, And Where #178
Shaped by Dog with Susan Garrett
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🗓️ 14 September 2022
⏱️ 15 minutes
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Summary
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Why is it important to walk your dog daily? Besides the obvious health benefits of exercise, we’re looking at the advantages of daily dog walking that many people don’t realize. Sometimes people can give a list of reasons not to walk their dog, so we’re covering why to start and what defines appropriate exercise for dogs.
In the episode you'll hear:
• That our dog Tater Salad does not particularly like walking at certain times.
• About the health benefits of walking for dogs.
• What my friends Dr. Karen Becker and Rodney Habib say about canine exercise.
• Why leaving your dog out in the backyard is not exercise.
• That dogs benefit from a change of scenery and it can reduce stress and behavior issues.
• How taking your dog for a walk presents great training opportunities.
• The reason to find opportunities for your dog to go for a run off leash.
• About walks being relationship building and special adventure time for you and your dog.
• That walks have benefits for us and how I make a habit of gratitude when walking.
• What types of dogs should not be walked and what you can do instead.
• The common denominator in dogs with long life spans.
Resources:
1.*Book: Forever Dog by Rodney Habib and Dr Karen Becker - https://geni.us/forever-dog
2. YouTube Playlist: Loose Leash Walking with Susan Garrett - https://www.youtube.com/playlist?list=PLphRRSxcMHy1mGMfdVKXq_hiJ27Ej1shW
3. Sniff Spot - https://www.sniffspot.com/
4. Podcast Episode 174: Dopamine In Dog Training: Anticipation, Rewards, And The Transfer Of Value - https://dogsthat.com/podcast/174/
5. YouTube Video: Puppy's First Training with Susan Garrett: Shaping, Targeting and Collar Conditioning - https://youtu.be/ticB_1Twx6E
6. YouTube Playlist: Exercising Your Dog's Body and Mind: Tips and Games with Susan Garrett - https://www.youtube.com/playlist?list=PLphRRSxcMHy1ISzbaoCNh0NyLg3qgDG58
7. YouTube Playlist: Reactive or Aggressive Dogs: Key Insights with Susan Garrett - https://www.youtube.com/playlist?list=PLphRRSxcMHy0Tbd6ZybIXgJk3mtpBLLk7
8. Watch this Episode of Shaped by Dog on YouTube - https://youtu.be/GtGKc2CGWw0
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Transcript
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| 0:00.0 | If someone had suggested 25 years ago, I was going to do a podcast on why everybody should be |
| 0:06.7 | walking their dogs every day. I'd say you're crazy because I might have walked my dogs |
| 0:10.8 | like three or four times a week tops. But here I am here to encourage each and every one of you |
| 0:17.7 | to make sure your dogs get out and get walked daily. |
| 0:22.1 | Daily. Hi, I'm Susan Garrett. Welcome to Shape by Dog. You know, the benefits of getting a |
| 0:37.2 | dog out and getting them walking |
| 0:38.9 | are both obvious and some are very, very hidden. I categorize them into five categories. I mean, |
| 0:44.7 | the most obvious would be the health benefits to our dogs, the decrease of behavioral problems, |
| 0:50.2 | the opportunity to do some really good training and, of course course the bonding with us. Now, I'm going |
| 0:56.0 | to start this off by talking about the reasons people give me why they don't need to walk their |
| 1:03.2 | dogs. And it starts like my dog doesn't like to walk. And you take a dog like our dog Tater |
| 1:09.7 | salad, Bulldog Cross. And legitimately, in the |
| 1:12.7 | heat of the summer, he does not want to get out. He's brachiosophilic. It gives him a harder time to |
| 1:17.3 | breathe. But we can do it in the cooler times of the day. But there'll be times where it's like |
| 1:23.4 | pulling teeth to get him to the door. We will have him go outside. I will take him down. |
| 1:30.5 | Maybe it's a block and a half walk away. It's all on our property. It's grass. And then I take |
| 1:36.6 | the leash off and it's his choice. He always finishes that walk with me. He doesn't ever say, |
| 1:43.6 | okay, now that I'm here, yeah, you're |
| 1:45.9 | right. It's kind of like kids. You know, they're playing on their video games. You go, |
| 1:48.9 | hey, let's go to the beach. No, really. I just want to play my video games. I'm good. You guys go. |
| 1:53.6 | No, no, no, no. You get those kids to the beach. They don't want to go home, right? So, saying our dog, my dog really doesn't like it, you will find your |
| 2:02.7 | dog will enjoy it if you make a regular habit of it. So dogs don't like it. I do other things |
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