And this is going to out me once and for all as a totally soppy and spineless dog owner
When I am walking the hound on the lead (and it is mostly on the lead as I can't go off-road now it's dark every evening) he seems to want to sniff a lot. Every lamp post, bush, corner and rubbish bin is fascinating. I keep telling him it's just wee and how interesting can it be but he takes no notice . Now I know it might be a discipline issue and I could insist he stops it at once but I can't help feeling it's important - he is isolated from other dogs and rarely gets to see them when we're out (if I let him play with other dogs off the lead I might never get him back!). So I like to think he's managing to dip a toe in the world of dog by doing this sniffing.
What do you do? Am I being utterly wet and stupid? Do you set a time limit?How much dogginess so they need?
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OrmIrian · 01/12/2011 12:53
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