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Do Dogs Care About Saving The Environment? #DogWalkingWeek

10/6/2014

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Living green with pets: walking instead of driving to do errands.Doesn't this look like more fun than sitting in the car?
Typist: Bethany
With the exception of road trips, I hate driving. I hate traffic. I hate paying for gas. I hate other drivers. In a perfect world, I would never need to get into a car unless I am leaving town on a vacation. I truly wish that I could walk everywhere. I love walking. I love the scenery. I love the exercise. I love fresh air. Every car trip saved means more fresh air for a future walk. What could be better than that? Oh yeah. Walking is good for the dogs (Amelia and Leo) too.

I like to think that everything that I enjoy about walking, the dogs find pleasant too. Studies have shown that fresh air is healthy for humans so that must mean it is also good for dogs.When the dogs and I go on errand walks we save a car trip. I doubt the dogs would know what I mean were I to tell them how great it is that we are being green but I think protecting the environment must matter to them. They like to sniff the sea breeze and drink fresh water just as much as I do.

Going on errand walks isn't something that works for everyone in every neighborhood. I know that. I am very lucky to be able to take the pets into so many local stores, leave them outside of shops where I can see them or send Jason inside while I wait with the pets. It's also very fortunate that the dogs and I are capable of what most people consider long walks. A neighbor of mine works at a pet store I frequently walk to. This neighbor has commented on the "wow that's a long walk" from our street to the pet store. Yet it is less than two miles round trip. I don't consider that very far to walk. Talk to me about an over ten mile walk and I might start to consider it being a bit too far. I guess I am more anxious to avoid getting into my car than most people.

Living green with pets: walking instead of driving to do errands.
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I don't wish to walk everywhere just to be green. Though doing even a tiny bit to help the environment matters, I prefer walking because it also saves time. That's right. Walking two miles to the pet store instead of driving saves me time because I am multitasking. My dogs are getting their necessary walk. I am getting some exercise. If I throw in some training while we're out I can check that off my to-do list too. So every step benefits me and my dogs in a multitude of ways including living a more green lifestyle. I get to avoid what I hate and do what I love with my dogs (and often cat and parrot) by my side! What could be better than that? Besides a long road trip, of course.
Living green with pets: walking instead of driving to do errands.
Safely waiting patiently for more walking.
We want to know your creative greener dog walking ideas! Do you have a pet friendly and environmentally friendly way to do your errands? Is there a way you could reduce the amount of regular car trips you take or the length of your daily car trips? How can you get out walking in the fresh air more often and for longer periods?
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Emma link
10/5/2014 08:18:37 pm

We love walking, but car rides take us to fun places. Mom love to ride in cars but doesn't like driving. If she won the lottery she would hire a driver! We used to do walking errands in Germany, but in the US, it is too scary to leave us outside, so walking is reserved for fun and relaxation, errands are done in the car mostly, plus Mom often couldn't carry the stuff she buys and walk home with all of us!

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Bethany
10/5/2014 08:26:11 pm

Cars do go really fun places... *sigh.* I just wish there wasn't traffic or other cars on the road along the way! I like the driver idea... but I get over my hatred on driving by having the top off the convertible as often as possible. I am not sure there is a convertible large enough to accommodate a driver, three dogs, a parrot, a cat and me!

I originally bought the stroller to use as a large, sturdy shopping cart. It still serves that purpose but the groceries, pet food, etc, have to share the stroller with Leo and Amelia! I think I know what to get your mom for Christmas, Emma... :)

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Reilly & Denny link
10/5/2014 11:04:15 pm

We are with you 100% on this one. I love driving - but only on quiet back roads.....traffic here in the USA terrifies me and all the signs and such confuse me, I think growing up and driving in Australia where I could drive for hours and not pass another car kind of spoiled me. Unfortunately we don't live in a pet friendly town or people friendly for that matter. There are no sidewalks, do leash free dogs parks - no dog parks at all actually. So we go to the local parks during the week when no one is ever there and although dogs are meant to be on leashes in them - I let the boys run free as neither of them ever go far from me and they are well trained to stop when told.

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It's Dog or Nothing link
10/6/2014 01:19:31 am

Wow, you are so lucky! I would love to be able to walk to get errands done. Unfortunately, we don't have safe walking routes to get to the other side of town. We do like to drive to a location and walk to get all our errands done in that area, but its just not the same! I bet you guys are quite the show stoppers :)

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Jen Gabbard link
10/6/2014 04:17:17 am

We don't have any nice towns around here that are dog friendly like that unfortunately. What we do to save on car trips is to plan big ones ahead of time; we do the groceries, errands, etc all in one trip instead of lots of little ones. It's nice because it also gives us so much more free time when we get home from work to go for walks, instead of boring old errands.

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Beth link
10/6/2014 11:45:39 am

We can't do most of our errands by walking because we live in a tiny town, so most of the stores we need to go to are a 20 minute drive away. But there is one errand we incorporate into our walking routine--the post office is .75-miles away and there's another mailbox .5 miles in the other direction, so we frequently walk up and drop things off in the mailboxes at one of those locations when I finish a Netflix movie or missing getting something in the morning mail at home. You're so lucky to live in such a pet-friendly place!

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Lara link
10/7/2014 05:41:36 am

I just love seeing pictures of all your outings with your whole crew! I wish that my neighborhood was more walkable.

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