Walk your dog, even if you don't have one

[Kathy]

One of the Saturday radio programs in Dallas is from the Cooper Center for Aerobics. As they sign off each segment, they use this motto:

Don't forget to walk the dog. Even if you don't have one.

I haven't listened long enough to know exactly how this phrase came to be their segment sign-off, but I've found it an interesting notion to consider. I started thinking about this idea and here is what I've concluded.

1. Dogs require walking
2. Dogs require walking several times a day
3. Dogs require walking several times a day...daily
4. Even if its raining, dogs require walking
5. Even if its hot as blue blazes, dogs require walking
6. Even when you are tired and sick, dogs require walking
7. Even if you would rather hold the couch down, dogs require walking.

Because if the dog doesn't get walked, several times a day, the chances are that your house will be full of stuff you are not happy to co-habitate with....

The good part is that while a dog requires walking several times a day...daily...day in and day out....

the good part is that the walks do not need to be long. Fifteen - twenty minutes and the walk is enough for your dog's needs. Twice a day. Fifteen - twenty minutes.

That makes 30-40 minutes each day and you have your exercise for your better health.

You get your dog walked and your exercise in a package deal.

Even if you don't have a dog. ;)

[Carmen]

May I suggest that if you don't have a dog but would enjoy "canine company" on your walks (it does make it a lot more fun!) do like I do and ask your neighbors if their little fur-baby would like to go on a trot. :D Chances are, they will respond with an enthusiastic "YES!"

[Sib2of11]

What a great idea. It also brought to mind something I had forgotten about. Years ago one of my sons bought a leash, but it's not really a leash. It looks like a leash but it's very stiff, and at the end of the leash is a small harness, such as you would put on a small dog. He bought it as a joke, so that he could walk his "invisible" dog. Now, I must go find that leash........

[ADoggieLover]

I love walking my dog and she loves it too. What kind of dogs do you all have? Mine is a mutt.

[Noelle]

If only I could come up with a way to walk my chinchillas.... Of course, their legs are about an inch long so they'd get tired by the time they left the yard!

[colleendancer]

Does anyone walk their cat? A cat can be leashed trained just like a dog. Sounds strange I know. My kitty (Phil) loves walking.

Colleen

[LavenderMoose]

I justs recently got a dog, who is growing into this huge beast!! But I love him dearly. He loves to go for walks, and we recently moved to a place where we can go for walks. So, I was thinking I could incorporate this into a challenge for me to walk more and he'd get more exercise.
We rescued him from the pound. He is part yellow Lab and something else...big! Maybe German Shepherd? He looks like a yellow lab but he has big ears that stick straight up. He is so funny-looking and goofy..ya gotta love him!
:)