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Take your damn poop so we can go back inside

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[–] OpenStars@discuss.online 66 points 5 months ago (5 children)

Imagine being cooped up all day, only able to go outside 2-3 times a day. I'm with the dog on this one - if that sparks joy in them then the dog has the right idea!

[–] ccunning@lemmy.world 30 points 5 months ago (2 children)

if that sparks joy in them then the dog has the right idea!

Yeah - It’s Marie Kondo; not Marie Single family home with a big backyard

[–] MonkeMischief@lemmy.today 2 points 5 months ago

That was funny. I got it. XD 🔼 🫡

[–] Exusia@lemmy.world 8 points 5 months ago

I'm not mad I get it, but she knows afternoon and evening walks are the long ones, in the morning we gotta go. Hoomin gotta leave.

[–] Mongostein@lemmy.ca 6 points 5 months ago (1 children)

I’m stepdad to my friend’s dog (I take him when they’re away for work).

I don’t work a regular schedule so I’m home during the day a lot and I’ve noticed that he has active hours. It’s usually about 4PM-8PM.

Dogs need 10-14 hours of sleep day and he’s ok to chill at home… until 4:00. Damn dog has a watch I swear. Then it’s “WE GOTTA GO OUTSIDE!”

I dunno my point. Maybe that dogs (at least this dog) don’t really feel “cooped up” once they get used to your work schedule. 🤷🏻‍♂️

[–] AA5B@lemmy.world 2 points 5 months ago

Yep, our dog does well with the school schedule but has a harder time when school is out. I also work from home. She snoozes away for most of that, but gets up to wait by the door at 2:30 like clockwork. She get SO excited when the kids come home from school, and so pathetic when school is out so they’re at their Mom’s instead

[–] Che_Donkey@lemmy.ml 6 points 5 months ago

My pup walks on the way to/from work. Its a short walk, but gets a delicious breakfast, snacksecond snack and dinner after and absolutely looses her mind. (but doesn't dilly dally, because: snacks!)

[–] Viking_Hippie@lemmy.world 0 points 5 months ago* (last edited 5 months ago) (2 children)

go outside 2-3 times a day

Seems a bit excessive if you ask me..

Edit: I meant for me, not for a dog. Was also being a bit facetious 😁

[–] STUPIDVIPGUY@lemmy.world 1 points 5 months ago (1 children)
[–] Viking_Hippie@lemmy.world 3 points 5 months ago

I was being facetious, yes, but meant that it would be excessive for me as a human without a dog whose favorite things are indoors 😉

[–] MissJinx@lemmy.world 46 points 5 months ago (1 children)

Walks are like tv/internet for you dog. He is mostly stimulated / entertained by smells, which he can get many different ones even on the same walk (like different chanels on the tv). He spend his whole day in the same place (same tv channel) and the walk is the one time he has to be happy. Please take your dogs out and take your time, it's not only about poop and exercise it's also about mental health for the dog

[–] Hugh_Jeggs@lemm.ee 19 points 5 months ago

Twenty minutes, three times a day. Little fucker is so happy.

Really wish he hadn't developed a taste for licking piss off everything though

[–] Nougat@fedia.io 38 points 5 months ago (1 children)

That's because walking around the neighborhood is a dog's version of reading the morning paper. They check out which other animals have been where from all the smells.

[–] AA5B@lemmy.world 9 points 5 months ago* (last edited 5 months ago)

There are dogs that still read the morning paper?

I always thought of it as “checking pee-mail”. That’s also a better analogy for why they have to pee-ply so many times

[–] Allonzee@lemmy.world 22 points 5 months ago* (last edited 5 months ago)

Dogs instinctually practice something profound that vexes many to most humans.

They live in the moment.

[–] Tylerdurdon@lemmy.world 16 points 5 months ago (1 children)

My dog has never slapped me though, even after making fun of his dog-wife.

[–] BynaD@lemm.ee 4 points 5 months ago (1 children)

Missed oppertunity to say bitch-wife, and not be rude.

[–] Tylerdurdon@lemmy.world 2 points 5 months ago

Damn, you're right!

[–] noxy@yiffit.net 15 points 5 months ago

Might look the same to us but smells are different every day. If nothing else, just from where other dogs have walked and done their business along the route. Basically checking the pissal media feed

[–] _sideffect@lemmy.world 13 points 5 months ago

What I don't like is when I see people on their phones when walking their dogs.

Spend time with your dogs instead; I talk to mine during the walk, so it makes them feel I'm enjoying it with them.

[–] intensely_human@lemm.ee 7 points 5 months ago

Humans when the look at the same handheld slab of glass for the fourth hour that day, but it’s still fascinating to them

[–] problematicPanther@lemmy.world 7 points 5 months ago

my doggo is an old scent hound. He's mostly deaf and can't see very well, but that snoot of his is in full operation whenever we go for a walk. He has to smell every single thing. and if it's something he likes, he'll bark at the smell.

[–] Stupidmanager@lemmy.world 5 points 5 months ago

I’m lucky enough to have a yard, but my dog knows when it’s past time to go for her walk and she’ll stare at me until I move. Morning walks right now mean I get up earlier, so she can have more sniff time.

When I travel with my pups, I use treats. She poops, gets treats. By the 3rd day, she’s heading straight to the same spot to poop real fast so she gets a treat. Give that a go.

[–] dukatos@lemm.ee 4 points 5 months ago

Only 64kB of RAM

[–] chester22@api.clubsall.com 3 points 5 months ago

Gotta love the enthusiasm

[–] cm0002@lemmy.world 2 points 5 months ago

This is why I train my dogs (or rather, get them used to) that walks and potty time are separate things.

Potty time I can just let them into the backyard and leave them be then do walks when I have the time to give them time.

People who always walk their dogs for potty time (Excluding people where that's their only choice ofc) is just setting themselves up for failure.