London: A recent study reveals that walking the dog twice everyday is equivalent to one eight hours of exercise a week.
A spokesman of Bob Martin, researchers for British pet healthcare experts who carried the study said,”A couple of short walks a day soon adds up and this research shows that it amounts to more time than people spend in the gym.”
The study revealed among 3000 dog owners more than a 50 percent agreed that walking the dog has been their main form of exercise. While the others hardly likes to take their pets for walk rather than go to gym.
The study, based on a survey of 5,000 Britons, including 3,000 dog owners, revealed that 57 per cent see walking the dog as their main form of exercise. More than three quarters say they would rather take their pooch for a hike than go to the gym.
Some 86 per cent say they enjoy taking their pet out each day, with just 22 per cent saying they ever see it as a chore.
