just, maybe a reality check
yesterday, I spent two and a half hours walking my dog,
every morning dog park before work, he runs and charges around,
just over an hour, maybe an hour and half some days
a group of us, we all get socialized four of us walk around with our dogs, good for all of us.
then at night before bed around an hour ten minute walk again
someone is home with him most of the day or on and off, he is rarely left alone for any long period of time, and he usually gets a midday walk, not by me,
me and the group we walk with consider ourselves sort of rare dog owners,
30 below were still out there,
many dog walkers are fare weather dog walkers,
many a morning last winter in Calgary we were the only ones that showed up. trudging through the snow.
of course you can get by with a lot less time and energy,
and there are some that are 24/7 pretty much with there dog, never with out it fishing bushwhacking etc,
but a dog should be an extension of you and your family, part of.
a dog in many ways is a reflection of you,
if there aggressive or not, fat,
like a lot of kids, its not the kids, its the parents.
same with dogs.