A dog’s life in a city

Dogs don’t just need walks to go to the toilet.
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Walks are a change in their surroundings and a chance to be active.
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It’s important to introduce new routes to your dog, give him/her an chance to smell and explore everything, run and play.
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Unfortunately, it’s often hard to find a place for quality walks in the city.
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Our task as dog parents is to find a way to provide our dogs with a great walk😊
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Ideally, daily walks should amount to 2 hours a day, regardless of the size of the dog.
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These 2 hours can be divided into 2 or 3 walks, different or equal in duration. Some dogs need more walking time – it all depends on individual needs.
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Puppies should be walked more frequently.
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🐶Is it okay for a dog to only walk on a leash?
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▫️Yes, if the leash is no shorter than 3 m (10 ft).
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This way, your dog will be able to step away from you far enough to explore everything he/she is interested in.
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🐶Should a dog interact with other dogs in the city?
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▫️It’s crucial to find an opportunity for your dog to communicate. Not all dogs need active playing – some are content with simply waving their tail at their friends, smelling each other and going separate ways.
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This is totally normal. The main goal here is to give your dog a choice.
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Your dog’s interaction with others should be safe for both your dog and other pets.
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If your dog doesn’t know how to safely interact (as a result of insufficient socialization as a puppy, for example), it is a problem that you should work on.
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And, naturally, don’t let your dog approach dogs whose humans are against such interactions.
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🏡So, it’s not really important where a dog lives – in the city or in the countryside.
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What’s important is if you can provide your dog with everything that he/she needs for a comfortable (read: happy) life.
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If a dog lives in the countryside, but is chained or doesn’t leave his/her enclosure, or “walks” only in the backyard and leaves it only on special occasions (or, worse, doesn’t at all), then he/she is much more unhappy than a city dog that walks a lot, communicates with other dogs and lives his/her canine life to the fullest.