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Letting your dog sniff isn’t a waste of a walk. It is the walk. A dog reads the world through their nose the way we read it through our eyes. When you march them past every lamppost to hit your… Show more
Letting your dog sniff isn’t a waste of a walk. It is the walk.
A dog reads the world through their nose the way we read it through our eyes. When you march them past every lamppost to hit your step count, you switch off the richest part of their day. The research agrees: dogs given the freedom to use their nose become measurably more optimistic, and the sniffing itself brings their arousal down.
Try a “sniffari” this week. Pick a quiet route, drop the pace, let your dog lead with their nose. Long lead, loose lead, no rushing. Ten unhurried minutes of sniffing can tire them more than a brisk half hour of heel.
This is one of the small shifts at the heart of The Connected Dog.
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