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Why Taking a Walk Will Be Good For You and Your Dog

Are you too lazy to get up and take your dog for his regular walk in the park? Don't be! Get up and get that dog of yours leashed right now.
Wear your most comfortable sneakers or running shoes and get out of your house! Take your pet out for a walk.
These regular walks with your dog will do your health and well being so much good.
Having your dog laze around in your house all day will make your dog obese.
In the same manner, dog owners who do not take their dogs out for a walks are more prone to become obese and are more likely to develop a host of other illnesses that come along with obesity! Your dog needs to stay fit and so do you! Regular walking and exercise will help your dog stay healthy.
On your end, it will help you shed off those extra pounds.
Walking with your dog will help your burn fat and prevent unhealthy cholesterol build up in your blood vessels.
These walks with your dog will help develop the strength of your heart muscles thus improving overall blood circulation and cardiac strength.
This means that you will be able to regulate and maintain your blood pressure to healthy and normal levels, preventing hypertension and stroke.
Needless to say it will help you look great, slim and fit as well.
Taking your dog out for his regular walk will help your dog breathe much needed fresh air.
It is unhealthy for your pets to constantly inhale just what comes out of the air conditioner.
Getting your pet exposed to the outdoors will do his lungs, as well as yours, much good.
Dogs have primal instincts and they do have to exercise these once in a while.
This is the reason why keeping your dogs constantly indoors can cause a host of behavioral problems like excessive barking.
It will do your dog no good to have to face the television and the couch the entire day.
They need to see other dogs outside too! Dogs that are kept indoors most of the time can also start venting out their frustration and expressing their primal instincts by gnawing on your furniture, scratching your tables and eating your socks as well as your clothes.
You would not want to deal with damaged furniture would you? Taking your dog out for regular walks will give you the time and the opportunity to bond with your dog and it will help your dog develop new tricks.
It is important to have time to interact with your pets.
Your dog can't be your best friend if you don't interact and you don't take the time out to get to know your dog.
Taking your dog out for a walk regularly will help you get to know your dog and detect from his or her behavior whether or not your dog is feeling ill.
At the same time, it can be quite difficult to play fetch or teach your dog to do amazing tricks indoors.
Play Frisbee and fetch with your dog for a more enjoyable and healthy bonding time with your dog.


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