Letting your dog run around the garden helps with toilet training, exploring new scents and benefits their mental health - but it doesn't quantify their essential daily exercise. A canine expert is reminding owners of the importance of going out for walks and burning off steam away from home.
Carolyn Menteith, behaviourist at tails.com, told the Mirror : " Our dog's daily - or twice daily, or more - walk fulfils many different functions. It is part of a whole package of physical, mental and emotional enrichment that keeps an individual healthy, happy, content and sane."
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