Every walk is a sniff walk. Walking without getting to sniff is like walking down a street full of shops and not being allowed to look in the windows. It’s like not being allowed to browse in the bookshop. One chap I see jogging with his poor dog on a lead, trying to keep up. I used to know a boy who thought the best way to exercise the dog was to ride his bicycle with it on the lead. He was such a cretin. Our current dogs are new to us, and have only been with us less than a year. I let them chose which direction to take, and I’ve learned more about the local alleys (they’re called “ginnels” around here) in six months than I’ve learned in the ten years previously. Dogs use their noses the way we use our eyesight. That’s why human and dog are a great team.
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