Dog Owners Walk Dogs to Take Dog Selfies Says Rover.com

This week the Northeast used to be hit via but some other Nor’easter and that may most effective imply something: our be-sweatered canine had been denied long walks as soon as once more. Don’t get us improper, we adore strolling our bushy pals but if there’s sleet or thundersnow we will be able to’t be anticipated to trudge out into the weather for an hour, proper? THUNDERSNOW!? Come on!

Since our canine’s poop strike is now off (as lots of the snow has already melted right here in NYC), we will be able to take solace in the truth that we don’t seem to be by myself in our walk-skipping guilt. According to the folks at Rover.com, the country’s greatest community for Five-star puppy sitters and canine walkers, out of the 1,500 American puppy house owners surveyed an amazing 66 % really feel to blame for skipping a canine stroll. And we’re now not by myself in our excuses both; essentially the most recurrently sited excuse for a neglected canine stroll is that it’s too chilly outdoor, said via 57 % of respondents.

But we’re burying the lede, just like the snowdrifts nearly buried our cherished pooch — essentially the most surprising reality said within the survey used to be that virtually one in 5 canine house owners are motivated to stroll their canine so as to get their day-to-day doggie selfie. The stats are upper in New York the place 27 % of the ones surveyed say their primary motivation in taking their canine for a walk across the community is to get a day-to-day domestic dog snap. Interestingly, it’s males main the rate on canine walk-based selfies — which makes us surprise, the place are those dudes posing for impromptu photograph shoots with their canine after we’re strolling? And are they unmarried?

But we digress. Whether you stroll your canine for the affection of your domestic dog or strictly for the ‘gram (however possibly a combo of each) all of us can agree on the truth that those tremendous lovely #DogWalkSelfies are indubitably price a go back and forth outdoor in any climate!

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