walk your dog(s)? Thought it would be intersting if we each described where we like to exercise our dogs :)

Our town is in a valley and we are pretty much surrounded by woods/forest on one side which then joins up with the moors, it takes about 20 mins to walk throught the estates to get to the woods. Then another 30mins up soem very steep hills to get to the moor but its worth it for the view! We also like going to the beach, which involves driving about 15 mins, where we went this morning, although the three of them are so crazy when I do I wonder why I did :D

And I also sometimes take Idõ over to the playing fields where the old rail way line runs, and if we are feeling less energetic then we can take the girls over there and play fetch for an hour :D Its also useful for ringcraft!

Now its your turn....:)

I live literally right next to loads of fields with no animals in them, although quite hilly so its great for letting dogs off lead. :-)  There is a brook that runs through a couple of the fields which my GSD used to love to splash about in but my Bichon hates it and jumps over it trying his hardest not to get wet, the wimp.:-)

Oh Anna - I am green with envy.  I live in a town, but fortunately, the area I live in is quite green and there are a few really nice walks, including a reasonably sized "closed in" park, and a huge "open plan" one that goes for miles and takes almost three hours to cover.  However I do have to "pavement" walk to get to these lovely places.

Hi Vicki,

Yes I suppose it is quite nice round here and I have lived here all my 41 3/4 years.  I never appreciated it when I was younger although it was nice to play in the fields etc.  People used to comment when they came and say what a lovely view we had and it was only then that I realised that it was quite nice. I suppose it is a dog-walkers paradise really, my GSD used to love it charging up and down the fields.  The worst thing was when he used to stop for a sniff round and I would carry on and then he would come charging down and knock me behind the knees and nearly knock me over. :-)

Similar to you ther.  I have two big country parks within 20 minutes half hour walk.  A recreation ground accross the road, (use it less now as with more dogs I find they take advantage to nip through the hedges to steal bread put out for the birds, when I am occupied on poo pick up).

A nice closed in recreation ground attached to teh Baths a 10 minute walk away.

The old Bristol to bath Railway line that is now a cycle route (haven't used it since I have had more than two dogs as hard to round them all up fast when cyclists appear at speed who never have bells).

There are also several other playing fields, rugby pitches etc within half hour walk, so am spoilt for choice.

I do do a lot of Pavement pounding which is excellent for firming the dogs up for the ring.

I live in a town (London suburb) and am lucky to have more places to go than many friends and family who live in the country.  My regular walk is out the back door to open lands including small wooded areas that run along the river.  Along the towpath to one of several 'beaches' for a daily swim :)  A five minute drive or twenty minute walk is a large park, complete with large ponds for more swimming (except in hot weather due to the blue algae) , with a number of others nearby.

that is very true JenP - we live 'in the sticks' and all the land round here is owned and so is not available for dog walking :( - we do have enough land of our own to excercise the dogs but I do miss a good natter with other dog walkers and a change of scenery ;) We do occasionally drive to  the river bank and walk along there but rarely meet anyone else. When I lived in Essex we had two big country parks which were almost soley used by dog walkers throughout the year ( apart from if  it was a sunny bank holiday  - then it would be 'taken over' by families :(). It was great meeting up with friends - both canine and human - and we used to have quite a large group that walked there at the same time every day  we even went out for meals at Christmas and pre - Crufts etc ( humans only :D). Living in the country is lovely but it does have it's drawbacks !.

Yvonne

I live in the most glorious rural setting.  A river runs just 10 feet from my house, with fields and large copses all around me.  My local tennanted farmers are great, they let me know which fields I am allowed to use, and also why some may be unused (certain times of year are treated with nettle and weed killer etc).  I also live just a 5min drive from our nature reserve, and very rarely ever meet anyone, if I do, its the same dogs and same people, so never have any problems..  I can literally walk for 4 miles from my doorstep and never meet any traffic except milk tanker and tractors. And just 20 mins drive away I have the massive Eskdalemuire Forest to get lost in, spent nearly 3 hours there one day hunting for car and that was after the 2 hour walk.

I'm a country girl too! (although locked away in vet school library for last few weeks...)  I'm lucky as we are near the coast and there is a great sandy beach that is quite hidden (small narrow country road not sign-posted  to get there!) and not a tourist resort area, (due to it being totally impossible to get to!!) and I love going there in the evenings with Ollie, as he finds it easier to walk on the sand than on the road with his arthritis, it is just beautiful to see such an endless stretch fo sand for miles and miles! sometimes we meet horses too and Ollie finds them very amusing! :) We also have mountains around us, lakes and a waterfall so on weekends my friend and I take the shelties for a long treck before the bathing and grooming begins for next days' show! It does feel a bit living in Lord of the Rings (the shire, not mordor :D :D :D ) and I am very greateful for it!! Pity about the weather though, it does rain an awful lot here....:)
Carol

We will be taking our dog to our local parks, there are 3, also we live a 5 minute walk away from the Bristol to Bath cycle path, which is a really lovely walk, except as was mentioned before, the cyclists who think they are driving racing cars !