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Have you walked your dog today?
Is your fenced yard a haven for your dog or a prison?
Every dog should have a fenced yard as a safe, and handy place to play and relax. Fenced yards relieve owners the necessity of walking their dogs 3 or 4 times a day.
Unfortunately, a lot of dog owners sentence their dogs
to "life" inside the chain links. Dogs need to know more about
the world than a yearly car ride to the Veterinarian! They never take
the dog for a walk and deprive themselves many pleasures of pet ownership.
Every dog deserves one walk a day (or at least one a week) and every owner
will benefit from providing it.
Here's why:
l Time together, especially active time, provides time for the dog and
owner to interact.
l Most dogs in a fenced yard will not get the exercise they need. Your
dog may run up and down the fence line barking, but unless your yard
is the size of a football field that is not much exercise.
l Yard dogs get bored. No wonder dogs get frustrated, they deserve some
variety in their lives which regular walks can give.
l Dogs need to see and experience other things in the world. They need to learn how
to politely meet people, children and other dogs.
If you cannot handle your dog on a leash, contact your local obedience club for classes in how to handle and leash train your dog.
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Copyright 2005 Central Brevard Humane Society. All rights reserved.
1020 Cox Road, Cocoa, Florida 32926
Phone: (321) 636-3343
