Sorry...Covid related...

[fleurbelle]

My eldest DS 24 tested positive last Monday so obviously we as a family are isolating.
Myself, DH and youngest DS15.
Eldest is fine and well but positive.
Would you walk your dog for say 20 mins at around 2am on a field right on your doorstep with no chance of seeing anyone at all to give the poor dog some sense of normality?
I'm lucky to have a medium sized garden but she will only wee wee there, not poo.
And having someone walk her is a no go as she will not walk with anyone other than her family.
She will refuse to leave.
And I don't want to stress her anymore as she is already stressed from having all cooped up!
So... 2 am walks for mine and hers sanity or a no no?

OP you weren't trying to be responsible, you wanted MN to tell you it's OK so you don't feel guilty at breaking the law.

In all likelihood it will be fine, but if you are injured and need assistance you will be putting people at risk.

Here's the RSPCA advice www.rspca.org.uk/-/how-to-care-for-your-pets-if-you-re-ill-or-have-to-self-isolate-due-to-coronavirus

I spend all week advising people to self isolate - we don't stop at weekends and don't even stop over Christmas and new year - so glad I missed time with my children at Christmas for people to just ignore us and do what the fuck they like.

I haven’t broken any covid rules but I would do this OP. Enjoy your walk (just don’t touch anything).

There's a general MH exemption in the self-isolation provisions. You'd qualify under that anyway - even without the dog!

You should definitely do this.

Thanks sensible folk and fellow dog owners.
Wow!
Flamed much!
( hope they are homeschooling)

No plans to fall and break my ankle or neck.
I have good wellies.
I'm talking a 20 min sniff outside my front door.
Not a fricking hike?
I'll shut up now.
Jeez

Literally a few weeks back people on here were telling shielders to walk at times others wouldn’t be out. So now we have the shielders and those who have been in close contact with positive covid all walking at quiet times together. Marvellous. Does it make you feel less of a selfish idiot if you call those who don’t agree with you judgemental? Because of course, despite the law being abundantly clear, you can’t possibly be wrong.

I'll yell at everyone I meet at 2am
" it's ok! My dog needs a poo"

@fleurbelle not homeschooling because I work in a hospital
We have a isolation plan for our dog (which we haven’t needed yet) - friends will come with their own lead and walk our dog. I can only assume you don’t have any friends.

I'll yell at everyone I meet at 2am " it's ok! My dog needs a poo"

Or, follow the rules and stay home a few days 🤷🏻‍♀️

I'm a stickler for rule following but I think as long as you can get a good look of the area you're going to and know for sure there's no one there, absolutely. If the field is that near to you then it's no different than being in your garden with a neighbour the other side of the fence.

Plenty of friends mOther.
Dog will not go out with anyone other than family

Yes. Go for it x

Thanks Happy and others.

Pissing my self at the negative self righteous posts.
I only want my dog to have a peaceful poo.
Thankyou to you all who made sense and that I'm not reliable at 2am for my doggy to poop in peace for the whole pandemic.
I'll be alone within 20 metres of my house but within 300 of houses and people.
Save my poor girl and the vets.
Oh and I pick up ever poo.
( please tonight I have extra bags)

I’d do it. If not the dog will go in your house eventually. If no one is around id do it for sure. My dog is the same and won’t go in our garden so I have to take him out.

Posting in AIBU was probably a mistake if you didn't want a flaming. Not sure what you were expecting!?

Yes some people are being over the top but if you don't want their opinions why the fuck bother asking? You will do as you please anyway.

Pretty sure the point of this thread was just to try and wind people up.

Sunflowers, it absolutely wasn't.
I'll take my girl within a mile of anyone at 2 ish AM.
That's what a good dog owner and responsible would do I've decided.
Won't bother asking again!

But why ask when you'd clearly already made up your mind? What did you want to achieve?

No wonder this shit ends up on DM.
Hilarious.
Ask a decent question.....

When I was isolating with covid, the big decision was whether I had the energy to get to the bathroom and/or make a flask of tea.

Being ill has made me a bit paranoid about "rule breaking" - however if you're not near anyone, you're going out when you're highly unlikely to see anyone, not touching anything other than your own front door - and you feel safe and well enough to go, just do it - at least once, to see if the dog enjoys it and isn't too confused by walks in the early hours of the morning.

Sounds a lot less of a risk than the two arses traipsing round M&S ignoring the "shop alone signs" with their kids zooming round on fucking scooters.
The mother looked seriously pissed off when I said I was sorry that she was illiterate and unable to read the signs, but not quite as much as when she was told to leave the store.

For the context.. I've not tested positive and I've been vaccinated.

No. You are isolating. You can’t

Yes do it, as long as you don’t get within 2 m of anyone it will be fine

Being vaccinated does not mean you definitely can’t carry it. If you get it, your symptoms are less likely to mean you need hospital treatment. Did you not read the leaflet? I’ve been vaccinated and they make that very clear. Mind you, rules about close contact, isolating and dog walking are also very clear so you’re not great at reading.