Do you feel silly going for a walk by yourself without a dog?!

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I love walking, quite like my own company, but I always feel silly going for a walk by myself! It would be much easier if I had a dog! Does anyone else feel like this or is it fine to go for a long walk by yourself?!

It is completely fine to go a walk on our own because you enjoy it! Good for the body and the mind.

I however do have 2 dogs and I feel guilty of I go a walk without them 😅

I enjoy walking on my own, as it’s a break from our busy household (myself, DH and 2 DDs of 13 and 10). It would be a shame to miss out on that because of feeling self-conscious about not having a dog, when I don’t have one. Though 2 of my 3 cats followed me for part of my walk recently! 😂

FWIW, I think the vast majority of people don’t register whether people they don’t know are walking on their own or whether or not they have a dog. I’m certainly not bothered!

Not awful, just a difference of opinion (which is allowed). If OP saw me walking alone, maybe OP judges me and thinks it strange. That's ok.

If you ask on a public forum, you're going to get opinions - and some won't be the same as yours. Why is that so hard to understand?

Agreed, hence why the key part of my sentence was ‘everyone that wants one..’ 😊

@BCxx But you said in your earlier post that you look at people walking without dogs and wonder what has made them go out for a walk! I hope it's been answered for you, some of us enjoy walking, want the exercise and fresh air and don't like dogs.
If you do, great!

Feel silly? I need to go for a walk by myself most days or I'd be climbing the walls! I'd love a dog, but when solitude is what I'm after, I'd rather not have a dog with me as they tend to attract people's interest.

I go for a walk sometimes with friends sometimes on my own. When on my own I wear my headphones and listen to music. Though I am careful not to start singing as that would get me funny looks.

Ok so I was out late morning for an hour and a half with my dog. Lost count of the number of lone walkers without dogs.

I should think with wfh being more popular and prevalent, lots of people just go out to stretch their legs

we visited BIL and introduced him, or went for a walk in the woods behind him, withour dog, he said he likes to walk there, and i commented people might give him strange looks
would you give a man strange looks for walking in the woods alone?
or are the woods a step too far for lonesome walking

I often walk alone.

I have sometimes set out with a cat, but never returned with one.

Not at all, nobody cares, I listen to saved up podcasts and in my own world anyway...

What an odd thought.

im always out walking, most ofvthe time alone. I hike mountains alone. Much prefer it.

i walk with a friend at night through the quarries/countryside or a lower mountain.i have never thought of it being weird

I have this too. Love walking the dogs but they’re getting older and don’t want to
walk as far as I do, plus we have the constant stop and sniff. I take them for a quick walk then head out for miles by myself. Headphones and a good podcast and it can be my favourite time of day.

Yes but there is a lot of shaming of people on here - mental barriers, sad, ridiculous etc. It's not necessary.

Have a dog now but I’ve always gone on walks on my own - love it

There's this old lady near me that walks with her cat! Not on a lead or anything, she just goes for a walk and the cat follows her. Actually I'm not sure if its actually her cat or not, she just told me it likes to walk with her.