Why invest in a Dog Walking Service?

The benefits of dog ownership have been well documented; increased exercise and social interactions reduce the risk of heart disease, lower stress levels, reduce the need for medical care, and overall increase one’s feelings of enjoyment and security, helping dog owners live on average 10 years longer than non dog owners.

Through the socialization and exercise that we provide, suburban pets are calmer, better behaved, friendlier, less aggressive, and cause fewer complaints within their neighborhoods. Dogs require daily exercise and contact with people, other dogs and new stimulus in order to remain well socialized. Failure to provide such contact poses a potential danger to the entire community. It is through socialization that dogs learn the skills required to get along with people and other dogs. Exercise not only tires a dog out, but it “also generates ample supplies of the neurotransmitter serotonin, which has a mood stabilizing and calming effect on personality”, further reducing the likelihood of dog aggression, as Dr. Nick Dodman describes in his book Dogs behaving Badly.

It is vital for the co-management of dogs and people in the city that commercial walkers have an adequate area to run the “publics’ dogs” off-leash during the day while they are gone for 8-10 hours at a time. Many dog complaints are caused by stressed out “city dogs” not receiving fulfillment of their basic needs. Stresses manifest into destructive behaviors, barking, hyperness, anxiety, and will increase the potential for a dog to act out aggressively and bite. A contented dog, well socialized and exercised, is much less likely to display these behaviors and will be considered a much more well-adjusted community dog.