Honestly I much prefer walking the dog in winter than during summer. Nothing is worse than going outside at midnight and still facing 28°C
As an office worker who’s good at finding excuses, a dog is an amazing reason to make yourself walk at least an hour a day.
And being comfortable is overrated.
Speak for yourself, I love rain walks one of my golden doodles absolutely loves to play in puddles. In the rain runoff between the street and side walk curb (idk what to call it) she loves to put her nose against the flow of water and walk forward while blowing bubbles
She also likes to play in the towel when I’m drying her off and gets the zoomies when drying herself off
Nothing hits as good as a cold rainy dog walk. Love it.
Yes, entering with the wet and dirty dog after this in your living room.
Joke’s on you, cat people! My tiny dog’s litter trained. That happened in early 2020. (Partner is immunocompromised, so we were doing a full strip-and-shower every time we came into the apartment from the shared hallway. It got old.)
Pup is also elderly and has an injured leg (canine equivalent of a torn ACL), so he’s now on “boring short walks, exciting being-carried-through-dog-friendly-stores”.
I’m a dog person with a fenced backyard, a dog door, and a mudroom (a room meant to get dirty while I clean them off if it’s raining). They get to walk and do their business, I get to not walk them in the rain or cold. Win/win.
But look how cute those drenched dogs are with their long snoots!
I may be miserable while walking, but my dogs are happy and that makes me happy at the end
I don’t get this angle of cats vs dogs at all. Jokes on dog owners for, properly taking care of their dogs and ensuring they get their required exercise and enrichment no matter the weather, I guess? Kind of a tasteless thing to make fun of someone over.
The joke is that by choosing this type of pet, the owners subject themselves to doing things they aren’t enjoying doing.
IDK about anyone else but I enjoy walking my dog no matter the weather, because the enjoyment comes from seeing my dog happy and playful and not from the walk itself. I feel like if something like this is a deal breaker for you, you’re probably not a dog person to begin with and would indeed be more happy with a cat. No judgement in that case, but the notion that most dog owners hate walking their dog is kind of silly.
More than anything, I submit that we should just love our own pets instead of trying to make fun of others for theirs. There are advantages and disadvantages to both cats and dogs, and this kind of rhetoric really isn’t helpful to either of them.
You seem to be taking this joke rather personally. If you enjoy walking your dog no matter the weather, then good for you. Not sure why you’re so upset over a comic to be honest.
I guess I am. Probably not the healthiest thing for me to do, but I was just reminded of my experiences with really venomous cat vs dog debates that I’ve witnessed.
I find both are good pets and fit different people better. I don’t know why people get so worked up over these things to be honest. Was really meant as light humor and nothing more.
Enjoy the smell of that litter box! Be sure to clean it daily to avoid Toxoplasmosis.
“Ha ha, you have to scoop a litterbox whereas I only have to scoop up big dog turds!”
Weird flex, but okay.
Enjoy picking up shit with your hands every day.
We use flushable litter, so it takes like 30 seconds twice a day to scoop and flush it.
Less if you use clumping litter, with it all remains become solids which yo can eliminate easy with an shovel and the rest remains clean. It cost a few more (+€1-2), but last 2-3 more time of normal litter.
