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etiQuette For Dog owners

a parallel between children and dogs, an experience overall, cleaning up after
adult dog is on the mental level of a three- one’s dog is necessary, both in the street,
year-old child. Would you walk with a child on the lawn or in the park. Dog poop bags
of that age without constant supervision, are a mandatory piece of equipment even
let him run along a busy road, without during the shortest walk. Some dogs poop
holding his hand? Without knowing who more times during one walk, so bear that
he approaches and who approaches him in mind too. Bad weather and mud are no
and whether he’s touching something excuse to ignore our dog’s poop. Neither
dangerous? Certainly not. Wherever is darkness a justified excuse. All of
we go with our dog we should always be today’s cell phones have a flashlight that
aware of the environment and observe you can use to illuminate your search for
who is coming to meet us and to whom your dog’s droppings. However, forgetting
our dog is approaching. That way we can to clean up your dog’s poop is not the
prevent many embarrassing situations only problem. When we are walking with
or at least minimize them. Using a cell our dog, especially if we have a male
phone when walking with a dog is similar dog who lifts his leg and thus marks his
to using a cell phone while driving. When spot with urine, we must pay attention
walking the dog, it is definitely advisable that he doesn’t do it on someone’s car,
to carry a cell phone so that you can call on buildings and entrances, chairs,
someone in case of need. For everything tables and the terraces of restaurants
else, keep your cell phone in your pocket and cafes, benches, etc. You can notice
or in your bag and concentrate on the dog that your dog is about to mark “his spot”
and on the environment. Besides being because of his characteristic behavior
concentrated on the environment, and not - intense sniffing, circling around the
on the screen, you have the opportunity spot and changing position. If we notice
to relax and dedicate yourself to your that our dog is sniffing intensely and with
dog and spend some real quality time interest, getting ready to lift his leg and
together. mark the spot, we must react in time and
redirect his attention, move him away
and direct him to a place where he can
hygiene do it without inconveniencing anyone
Cleaning up after your dog is the else. We can also teach the dog a verbal
responsibility of all dog owners. signal that will stop him from acting.
Marking is completely normal; it is a
When we clean up after our dog we are form of communication with other dogs
showing that we respect others and care via their olfactory signals. Dogs have a
about the environment. Let’s try to start need to leave a message and mark places
with ourselves – we certainly don’t like that another dog has already marked.
to step in poop. Let’s consider that others The only way we can reduce the need for
don’t like stepping into our dog’s poop marking is to prevent dogs from marking
either. In order to have a more pleasant places that are not suitable. Leaving a

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