{"id":2714,"date":"2024-07-18T08:28:40","date_gmt":"2024-07-18T08:28:40","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/daniel.footstepsbooks.com\/?p=2714"},"modified":"2024-07-18T08:28:40","modified_gmt":"2024-07-18T08:28:40","slug":"the-strange-world-of-dog-walking","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/daniel.footstepsbooks.com\/index.php\/2024\/07\/18\/the-strange-world-of-dog-walking\/","title":{"rendered":"The Strange World of Dog Walking"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>No matter what you know about dogs you should always follow the wishes of the owners. But argue about the benefits if a harness over a collar,<\/p>\n<p>No matter what places you go get to know the dog before you let them off the lead. You&#8217;re taking the dig walking, not vice-versa.<\/p>\n<p>The age of the dog doesn&#8217;t matter. What matters is the initial eye contact and the command of your voice. Many years ago when we had a new collie my mother shouted sit, in a public field with plenty of people around. Beau sat immediately &#8230; and so did I. Mum was not amused and I couldn&#8217;t stop laughing.<\/p>\n<p>Treats may work but they also add weight to the dog. The bond of respect is always better than the love of food (in people too).<\/p>\n<p>Know the breed and you will know what you might expect.<\/p>\n<p>#dog<\/p>\n<p>#dogwalking<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>No matter what you know about dogs you should always follow the wishes of the owners. But argue about the benefits if a harness over a collar, No matter what places you go get to know the dog before you let them off the lead. You&#8217;re taking the dig walking, not vice-versa. The age of&#8230;<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":1,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[4],"tags":[969],"class_list":["post-2714","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","hentry","category-daily","tag-dog-walking"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/daniel.footstepsbooks.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/2714","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/daniel.footstepsbooks.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/daniel.footstepsbooks.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/daniel.footstepsbooks.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/1"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/daniel.footstepsbooks.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=2714"}],"version-history":[{"count":2,"href":"https:\/\/daniel.footstepsbooks.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/2714\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":2716,"href":"https:\/\/daniel.footstepsbooks.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/2714\/revisions\/2716"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/daniel.footstepsbooks.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=2714"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/daniel.footstepsbooks.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=2714"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/daniel.footstepsbooks.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=2714"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}