it made me sad to see a dog's lead attached to the waist of someone walking smartly

[AbsolutelyPatsy]

thereby lack of stopping, sniffing, doing business.
just walking for exercise.

am i wrong?

@AbsolutelyPatsy

thereby lack of stopping, sniffing, doing business. just walking for exercise.

am i wrong?

My dog is on a lead attached to my waist. I have arthritis in my hands.

Just cos you didn’t see them taking time to sniff trees doesn’t mean they never do it.

What an odd, judgemental post.

Yep as I thought,there have been a flood of them the last few days

oh ha ha @SmidgenofaPigeon

i cant remember the breed, like a thin Labrador

what is your issue @Crockof,
it is a chat board,
you prefer not to chat? go ahead but no need to put

@AbsolutelyPatsy

oh ha ha *@SmidgenofaPigeon*

i cant remember the breed, like a thin Labrador

I’m not sure a thin Lab exists

thank you @NoSquirrels for answering sensibly, that may of course have been the case

oh, @NoSquirrels you have joined in with the jesting, i was referring to your previous post

‘A thin lab’ ?!

Clearly OP, you don’t know dogs very well, therefore I don’t think you’re very well placed to judge on this one

unlike the clever @SmidgenofaPigeon,
who knows all the breeds

what is a dog that looks like a thin lab?

Am I the only person who thought this was a fashion thread?

Like, a black greyhound? Indeed, what breed of dog does look like a thin lab, but not a lab? Black or yellow? I’m flummoxed.

golden colour

As others have said, the dog may have other walks where they can have a good sniff around. You don't really have enough information to make a judgment.

If you saw me walking briskly down the centre of the path, with my dog on a very short lead, you’d judge. It’s actually to get her past what’s, for about 6 weeks in the summer, apparently the tastiest grass in a 5k radius. She’s fine everywhere else but on that 300m stretch she snatches mouthfuls of grass like a tiny pony if she gets close to the side of the path. It doesn’t make her sick but it does lead to unfortunate poo incidents, with a lump dangling from her arse on a less green strand of grass.

You only see a snapshot.

no it is the waist lead i judge

Of course you are wrong. It’s an animal, a pet. Not a child

@AbsolutelyPatsy

oh, *@NoSquirrels* you have joined in with the jesting, i was referring to your previous post

Sorry! Just that a thin Labrador is not a thing because they’re famously greedy bastards

Perhaps a lurcher?

Did it have long or short fur? Sticky up ears or floppy ones? Did you notice its tail carriage?

Working or working type Labradors often look very lean.

there is another man with a similar type near me, i shall ask him

My dog walks are for me as well as my dog. I don't want to hang about on street corners all the time whilst they pee up every lamppost.

But I do provide a variety. Sometimes I march around and expect my dog to keep up and not sniff about especially if I have to go to work and don't have time. Others I'll book a dog field. Take them off lead to the woods. Go to the beach. I train them indoors or play ball.

It's a snapshot of one walk. I feel more sad for the dogs who never leave their gardens or get abused not ones whose owners are taking them out. Most dogs are very pampered.

Viszla?

Oh gosh. I use a waist belt all the time… it means I have both hands then free for trying to stop my toddler riding her scooter straight into the path of oncoming traffic. I also use a waist belt for running with the dog… my dog isn’t really one for stopping and sniffing, even if off lead. A slow sniffy walk does not tire her out at all, she much prefers a 10km run alongside me!

Thin lab gets a walk and some exercise and the owner walks smartly. Sounds fine to me. Maybe there's walking smartly walks and at other times off the lead, sniffing and rolling in fox poo type walks.