[Ducky]

ive been peed on by dogs more times than id like to count. hazard of the job i guess haha.

 

[Miss.PuddyCat]

Living in a city its hard to find a grassy area where Sophie could go, someone owns chunks of it. Sophie is a picky pooper and pee'er it takes ages for her to find a spot.

 

[kat&molly]

really? u dont let ur dogs sniff on walks. thats fine if it works for you. i couldnt do that with my dogs though. especially as one is a scent hound. sniffing is a big part of the walk, and i think gives them a lot of mental stimulation. i would literally be dragging them along behind me if i didnt let them sniff and i wouldnt do that.

I'm walking 3 or 4 at a time - I dont let mine sniff whilst on a way to a walk either- we'd never get there and they'd all trip me up. They all go off lead and get all the time they like for sniffing. If I was just walking 1, I would let them sniff, but I still wouldn't allow them to pee up other people's property.

 

[Ducky]

I'm walking 3 or 4 at a time - I dont let mine sniff whilst on a way to a walk either- we'd never get there and they'd all trip me up. They all go off lead and get all the time they like for sniffing. If I was just walking 1, I would let them sniff, but I still wouldn't allow them to pee up other people's property.

maybe thats where i differ as well as mine dont get offlead, so sniffing time has to happen on the lead.

 

[moonviolet]

I'm walking 3 or 4 at a time - I dont let mine sniff whilst on a way to a walk either- we'd never get there and they'd all trip me up. They all go off lead and get all the time they like for sniffing. If I was just walking 1, I would let them sniff, but I still wouldn't allow them to pee up other people's property.

I'm only walking one, but on pavement walks we're walking unless I stop and tell her it's ok to sniff. I discourage it because I don't want her trying to follow scents across the road where cats foxes etc have crossed. Then it's "let's go" to carry on walking.

 

[Sarah1983]

really? u dont let ur dogs sniff on walks. thats fine if it works for you. i couldnt do that with my dogs though. especially as one is a scent hound. sniffing is a big part of the walk, and i think gives them a lot of mental stimulation. i would literally be dragging them along behind me if i didnt let them sniff and i wouldnt do that.

If I'm not mistaken Leanne has a rule similar to mine. I don't allow my dog to stop and sniff while on leash unless he's released to do so. I can't be doing with constantly stopping and starting when I'm trying to get somewhere. It doesn't mean my dog never gets to sniff on walks. He gets plenty of long line/off leash time where he can sniff to his hearts content so I don't think it's an unreasonable rule.

 

[Ducky]

If I'm not mistaken Leanne has a rule similar to mine. I don't allow my dog to stop and sniff while on leash unless he's released to do so. I can't be doing with constantly stopping and starting when I'm trying to get somewhere. It doesn't mean my dog never gets to sniff on walks. He gets plenty of long line/off leash time where he can sniff to his hearts content so I don't think it's an unreasonable rule.

oh i never said it was unreasonable. i just couldnt imagine doing it myself. n i suppose im never trying to go anywhere when im walking them, im just walking them so it doesnt really matter how long it takes me.

 

[Leanne77]

If I'm not mistaken Leanne has a rule similar to mine. I don't allow my dog to stop and sniff while on leash unless he's released to do so. I can't be doing with constantly stopping and starting when I'm trying to get somewhere. It doesn't mean my dog never gets to sniff on walks. He gets plenty of long line/off leash time where he can sniff to his hearts content so I don't think it's an unreasonable rule.

Exactly Sarah. They spend 98% of all their walking time off lead where they are free to sniff and pee until their heart is content. However, on lead I dont want this behaviour. Walking 3 dogs on lead is tricky enough as it is for a multitude of reasons, without having to stop every 10 seconds so they can sniff. Once i've gotten them walking in some kind of semblance of order, there is no way i'm stopping!

 

[Sarah1983]

oh i never said it was unreasonable. i just couldnt imagine doing it myself. n i suppose im never trying to go anywhere when im walking them, im just walking them so it doesnt really matter how long it takes me.

I'm usually only trying to get to the woods and fields lol, it's rare I have to do Spencers proper walk in a hurry. I just really hate stopping and starting coz my dog keeps stopping to sniff. And on the odd occasion where I do tie his walk in with something I need to do it means I don't end up getting impatient with him coz he's stopping all the time.

It was a bit more difficult with Rupert who couldn't be off leash and was mostly road walked but I just used to tell him to go sniff whenever we got somewhere interesting for him.

 

[Burrowzig]

I hope you didn't mean that to read as harsh as it does with all those exclamation marks and no emoticons

I live in a housing estate.....I'm supposed to take my dog for a walk and not let him pee anywhere Everywhere is someone's fence , gate, hedge or tree for miles and miles.....even around the park all the fences hedges and gates are someone's back garden

There are no laws against dogs peeing anywhere, except children's playgrounds because of leptospirosis and so long as you clean up the poop they can poop pretty much anywhere.

I'm sorry it offends you so much that I have no control over my dogs bladder and bowel movements. Short of tying a knot in his penis & shoving a cork up his ass I don't see how I can stop him urinating and defecating, seeing as it's a natural bodily function. He's an animal not a blinking robot! :001_rolleyes:

I'm shocked that you as a dog owner yourself could be so intolerant of a dog's normal bodily functions...if dog owners are like you then we have no hope against the non dog owning community. Before we know it we'll have to walk around with dogs wearing nappies

Many people have no trouble training their dogs not to pee on fences, gates etc, but to go in the gutter. You don't see guide dogs peeing or pooing anywhere - they are trained not to when they are working. And maybe the non dog owning community would be more tolerant towards dogs if they didn't have to put up people allowing their dogs to foul or pee whever they feel like it, on whatever they choose to pee on.

 

[redroses2106]

There is a difference between needing a pee and scent marking every 3 steps. Some dogs become flipping obsessive there's one around here that cocks his leg over anyone that stops to speak to his owner and she pretends not to see it, unsurprisingly no one speaks to her when she has her dog anymore.

I shouldn't laugh but the image of that did make me giggle a little

 

[Malmum]

Flynn used to scent mark but stopped after being castrated, that and a behaviourist telling me not to let him constantly stop to scent mark when out and my not allowing him to do it, now he doesn't scent mark at all.

I can't stand dogs peeing all the time when out, it's not necessary and it stinks in the sun which I'm quite sure other people don't want outside their house no more than poo. Because Flynn was being a handful on walks two different behaviourists told me not to allow him to 'call the shots' and only let him stop and sniff if I wanted him to, not when he wanted to. Even his behaviourist now told me he has to walk at my pace and not his.

So all in all people that let their dogs constantly pee on walks especially on property boundries are not only being disrespectful to other folk but are also letting their dogs take them for a walk, lol!

 

[moonviolet]

I shouldn't laugh but the image of that did make me giggle a little

I was lucky i found out on a wet day when wearing wellies and her dog is only small so wasn't awful. not everyone has been so lucky.

 

[Phoolf]

really? u dont let ur dogs sniff on walks. thats fine if it works for you. i couldnt do that with my dogs though. especially as one is a scent hound. sniffing is a big part of the walk, and i think gives them a lot of mental stimulation. i would literally be dragging them along behind me if i didnt let them sniff and i wouldnt do that.

I let mine sniff as she likes because the walk is for her, not for me. If she wants to sniff a lamp post then why not.

 

[hayleyth]

All my dogs are allowed to stop an sniff when they like, there are so many smells that they should be allowed to explore them.
When i feel its time to move on they do, sniffing and marking definately adds to the walk and is something i feel is important .

They dont wee up every single post but i do let them go in most places, it drys off quick so i dont see why not. I try to steer clear of gates but tbh there isnt really any houses where we are its basicly just us an fields so i dont have too much of a problem!

 

[moonviolet]

I let mine sniff as she likes because the walk is for her, not for me. If she wants to sniff a lamp post then why not.

I think 10 mins no sniffing on the pavement is good impulse control and more than rewarded with all the smells in woods.

 

[Phoolf]

I think 10 mins no sniffing on the pavement is good impulse control and more than rewarded with all the smells in woods.

My walks are either urban pavement walks where she sniffs on lead, or park/wood walks where she sniffs off lead. So long as she stops sniffing and carries on walking when I want to move on then it's not a problem for me. She's not an excessive sniffer otherwise I'd probably want to work on it.

 

[moonviolet]

My walks are either urban pavement walks where she sniffs on lead, or park/wood walks where she sniffs off lead. So long as she stops sniffing and carries on walking when I want to move on then it's not a problem for me. She's not an excessive sniffer otherwise I'd probably want to work on it.

Tink's a scenthound, she'd be wanting to follow the trails left by cats, foxes the postman etc etc it would be a total battle

 

[Phoolf]

Tink's a scenthound, she'd be wanting to follow the trails left by cats, foxes the postman etc etc it would be a total battle

I can see how that could be problematic

 

[frodos_electric_guitar]

Loki does go on command, but that's because we don't have a fenced in yard (we rent). So as a puppy we taught him the word "toilet" when we was going so he'd associate the action with the word. That said, it only works if he really *needs* to go. On a walk we don't use it. He does pee on posts but it's just pee, I'm not sure I see the problem with that really. It will do no damage and it's not like we don't have foxes/cats around here doing the same. We always clean up his poo, no exceptions. We'd also never let him cross the boundaries to someone's property, that's just rude.