Am I being a 'Karen'

[babydogandi]

I'm part of a Facebook group to do with dogs. After the announcement yesterday someone posted that if they will still be taking their dog out 2-3 times a day because it's unfair not to. I said that this is wrong because this is deliberately flaunting the rules, I've been jumped on saying that they will get multiple people in the household if it becomes essential so their one except use a day is used for the additional walks. To me to keep people safe I said that I would've thought your hours exercise should be taken as a family unit to stop interacting with other people depending on what time you walked. I've been told by admins that until further notice there is nothing wrong with walking your dogs 2-3 times a day and that I need to stop being a 'Karen'. Am I understanding this thing wrong? I don't understand deny people are finding it so hard to stay at home. Dogs adapt and I'm sure they'd rather you be alive then dead because you didn't follow the rules 🤷🏼‍♀️

Sure, you won't see anyone or get fined. But if people living in urban areas can get their dogs to survive on 1-2 walks a day then so can you. What is about STAY INDOORS that you think doesn't apply to you?

The point of staying indoors is to reduce transmission. If you live very rurally, never see anyone on your walk and can stay much further apart than even the standard advice if you do, who will you be spreading it to?

Who will you be spreading it to by walking through a field in the middle of nowhere on your own? Why would you only walk a pet 1-2 times in those conditions just because others in urban areas have to?

What am I missing?

And yes OP you are being a 'Karen'

I haven't got a dog , but I printed a picture off , of a dog ( no particular bread ) and took it for a walk around the back garden , all was good 👍😷

Where is the max hour coming from. Not seen that?

Umm how about some common sense? The longer you are outside the more you are spreading germs. You do not need 2 hours exercise a day, 20-30 minutes is plenty.

We do not need the government to dictate ever minute of our day, this is a pandemic, use some common sense. Stay local STAY AT HOME.

Me and my mum each take our dog out at different times. She’s a maniac so everyone always gives her a wide birth anyway. It’s shouldnt be a problem, I certainly don’t go close to people whilst I’m out, I never have.

@CatherineOfAragonsPomegranate because they are the rules??? What don't you understand about that. If it was the fact that there was a killer dog virus most people would listen then. You don't know who will be walking when you are unless you have powers none of the rest of us do. Follow the god damn rules and this will be over with quicker

I’m pretty sure on today’s medical officer briefing or maybe some other one that it was fine for family members to take out dog individually for their once a day exercise

longcofee that was an encouraging experiment, let’s hope it will work long term.
My dog definitely needs proper exercise, was going potty when we had to keep him at home when he had a bad leg. Two days in, charging around the house like a bull size rabbit on steroids. It’s the way it is, it helps the bigger picture, I’m not looking forward to it but I’ll do it without complaining.

@Branster we've adopted mind games and scent games around the house. We've also got a supply of new toys on standby.

Natsel74 that’s the best post! 😂 😂 thank you for making me laugh
you could print different breeds and rotate them. If you feel brave take them all out at once. The benefit here is you are guaranteed obedience and there’s no mess.

There was NO mention of dogs in the Prime Ministers statement last night!! In case you didn’t hear it OP.

Of course your dog can go out with different members of the family at different times of the day.

Glad our country is not run by some of the absolute thick people on these threads.

@widdioisright as I've said 6 times now my post is about people taking dogs out personally more than once a day. The family thing is my own opinion, this was said as such and I fully understand this isn't government rule and I haven't said people need to follow this. My post addresses the people who think they are above everyone else and can go out as many times a day as they like because who will stop them and what difference will it mak e

zombiefan
Not seen any official guidance to limit to an hour. I live in countryside, walk in fields. Didn't see anyone today same as usual. Don't see how being there longer spreads more germs. We don't all live in towns and cities.

Each person in the household can leave the house to walk. Our dog had 3 walks today but by 3 different people.

Hate the term "Karens" and "Wendys" when used in this abusive way.

People are turning into robots!

How on earth is is bothering anyone if someone walks in a deserted field by themself? If you’re hardly passing anyone, what exactly is the problem?

babydogandi that’s the loose planning here as well.
We are frantically still working (luckily from home) tying up loose ends before works dries up (mine in max 2 months, DH hopefully not for a while and his employer is supportive at the moment but I’m self employed) everyone seems to be hungry all the time now that they’re stuck in the house, teenagers either studying or working.
I’m ashamed to say the dog has not been given the full attention that I envisage but got two reasonable walks today. Down to one tomorrow then only up the toad from then on. Will have to up our game at that point.
Is yours young?
We shall emerge as an overweight hairy nation of pasta haters, toilet paper art makers, with sparkling clean houses, super trained pets and raw, red, dry hands desperate to go to work and school.

Follow the god damn rules and this will be over with quicker

Actually, the current plan is to make it last far longer than it would have if we’d just let it run its course. You can’t hide from a virus.

@SpokeTooSoon sorry if I care that my family survives this. Clearly you have no one in the high risk group that you care about. Doesn't therefore mean you can kill off our ones by bending the rules to fit your own agenda.

@Branster she's just turned 2. She is normally a pain to be honest and wants to be on the go all the time but we've stuck to our new routine and it's going well she's spent the whole evening curled up on the sofa which is unusual for her, unless someone opens the fridge of course

I only went out once in line wiith advice, would usually go 2 or 3 walks but haven't seen any official advice to limit to hour. Modified walk to avoid places I sometimes see people. I genuinely can't see how me being in field 59 mins v 90 mins makes any difference.
Obviously in urban areas taking turns and everyone having a limited time to exercise makes sense as people being out longer makes places more crowded. But the fields here are empty. So grateful to live here, the photos of London make me so glad I don't live there.

@CatherineOfAragonsPomegranate because they are the rules???

Sorry but that is ridiculous. It is the path to very serious societal issues and has echos of Communism. So many wrongs in society come down to a rigid, blind adherence to rules. Where is the room for commonsense and discrimination? Assessment of risk?

What don't you understand about that.

See above.

If it was the fact that there was a killer dog virus most people would listen then. You don't know who will be walking when you are unless you have powers none of the rest of us do. Follow the god damn rules and this will be over with quicker.

Firstly it isn't a dog virus. Secondly you never know 'who will be walking' whenever you go out - whether once or 20, and thirdly you will always see people out in urban areas, a great many more, and they are still allowed out, so that last point makes no sense as an argument to stop someone going out in areas they know are very quiet.

Since I live in London I apply the rules fairly stiffly. I don't necessarily condemn someone in different circumstances for having a bit more lassitude though. I wish them to have a better time than I am, coped up indoors

If I lived on the moors or farmland maybe or on several acres of my own land I would feel no need to stay in as much because the risk of me transmitting the disease whilst walking through empty woodland and fields is much lower.

I'm sure I have read on Mail Online that it is acceptable for members of the same household to take their daily exercise separately so that dogs can be walked more than once a day.
I would have thought one member of the household walking the dog at 6am and another walking the dog at 10pm would be less likely to meet other people than if the whole household went for a walk together at lunchtime.

1 hour seems to be what they have said in France today in conjunction with distance advice to stay within 1 Kilometre of your house.

So my family are in Italy and there you can only walk on your own - which means that all family members go out by themselves (taking the dog out each time). They can’t go far - think around 500m from home unless they have paperwork.

Therefore you’re not really correct