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[quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous]She probably wants the feel good hit of offering but doesn’t realize what all it entails. Two walks during the day is a lot—does she work? I’d be annoyed by that too. Can you prepay 10 days of doggie daycare for her to drop the dog off during the day at least some of the time?[/quote]

What do you think dog sitting entails? Of course a dog needs to go out for a few brief walks throughout the day. If you don’t want to dog sit, don’t volunteer. [/quote]

I think there’s a difference between dog sitting as a friend/favor, and dog sitting as a business someone has hired.

When I’ve watched dogs for friends, the care goes way down because the assumption is that it’s a favor. Same when they watch my dogs, I don’t ask for walks, I tell them to just let the dogs run in the backyard for a bit. They’ll be okay for a couple weeks without walks. If I feel like walking their dogs I will, but I don’t want to be held to “30 minute walk at 2pm” when I have other things going on in my life. [/quote]

You're definitely in the minority then. Most dogs thrive on routine, and *need* their walks, for mental health as well as physical exercise. When my best friend watches my dog, she mimics the routine he has at home. When I watch hers, I do the same. You can't "dumb it down" just because it's a favor. A favor to whom? Not the dog![/quote]

Dogs never went on walks when I was a kid.  They played and pooped in their OWN yard.  And I doubt there were a bunch of mentally ill dogs because of it.[/quote]

Dog care was much worse then, and dogs were getting hit by cars left and right. Lots of things were better when we were kids, but not this.[/quote]

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