Exercise your dog and yourself
It is conventional folk wisdom that you should take your dog for a walk every day, and it is worth considering for a moment exactly what the health benefits are of the daily walk.
Exercising your dog improves his muscle tone, and helps to keep his bones and joints healthy too.
The exercise burns calories thus helping your dog to keep obesity at bay.
Exercise gets that heart pumping, allowing it to stay healthy.
Because your dog invariably enjoys his exercise, he gets emotional benefits too, and doesn’t suffer from the cabin fever that a lot of confined dogs get, from being cooped up for too long.
When your dog is exercised, he tends to rest more calmly at home, and can sleep better.
It is worth considering that even if you have a big yard for the dog to roam around in, dogs tend not to exercise or run around on their own, but usually wait for someone to take them for a walk or play with them.
It is a good idea to make the walks interesting for your dog by playing with him: dogs love to chase after a ball or a stick, and to return it to be thrown yet again. By playing with your dog in this way you will greatly increase the exercise that he receives, and he will enjoy it too!
Finally there is one benefit of dog walking not mentioned so far, and that is the fact that it is exercising you as well! So not only is your dog enjoying great health benefits, but you are as well. Enjoy walking your dog!
Filed under: Dog walking, General health, Dog Care Basics
