{"id":301,"date":"2020-03-18T09:38:01","date_gmt":"2020-03-18T09:38:01","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.friendsforpets.co.uk\/dog-walking-blog\/?p=301"},"modified":"2020-03-18T09:38:01","modified_gmt":"2020-03-18T09:38:01","slug":"coronavirus-and-exercising-your-dog","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.friendsforpets.co.uk\/dog-walking-blog\/?p=301","title":{"rendered":"Coronavirus and exercising your dog"},"content":{"rendered":"\n<p>With Coronavirus having a\ndramatic effect on people\u2019s personal and professional lives more and more of us\nhave been asked to avoid social occasions, work from home or completely\nself-isolate due to being at higher risk of catching the virus and it making us\nseverely ill. But what about those of us with dogs that cannot take them out\nfor a walk? <\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>It is well known that dogs\nneed their walks for physical and mental stimulation. A dog walk:-<\/p>\n\n\n\n<ul class=\"wp-block-list\"><li>Stops your dog getting bored<\/li><li>Reduces the risk of destructive behaviour through boredom.<\/li><li>Exploration of new sights, smells and sounds stimulates them and wears them out mentally.<\/li><li>Keeps them fit and healthy<\/li><li>Reduces the risk of them becoming overweight if they are more sedentary therefore reducing the risk of further health problems once self-isolation is over<\/li><li>A tired dog will behave better at home.<\/li><li>A well behaved dog at home will help those ill or self-isolating with their mental health and coping at this very difficult time.<\/li><\/ul>\n\n\n\n<p>If you are unable to leave your home or you are trying to work at home with a bored dog it is not easy to be able to fulfil your dog\u2019s needs. That\u2019s where Friends for Pets can help! Our pet carers are still continuing to operate throughout the outbreak. <\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>&nbsp;Our dog walkers are always very hygiene aware\nwhen they operate but in light of the current viral outbreak extra hygiene\nprecautions have been put into place. We are:-<\/p>\n\n\n\n<ul class=\"wp-block-list\"><li>Able to set up a non-human contact collection and drop off service. <\/li><li>We are cleaning our hands thoroughly between each drop off and collection.<\/li><li>We are using our own leads if needed. <\/li><li>Only healthy pet carers (low risk, no recent travel, no contact with anyone showing symptoms or tested positive, no symptoms      themselves) are providing pet care services at this time.<\/li><li>For all new clients that have never registered with us before but still need us we are doing new registrations via phone call or email to avoid human contact. <\/li><li>If anyone self-isolating needs essential supplies, medication or prescriptions collecting and delivering we are offering a complimentary service alongside our standard pet care routine.<\/li><\/ul>\n\n\n\n<p>If you need any urgent dog\nwalking at this awful time or want to register in case you need to completely\nself-isolate then please get in touch with your local branch of Friends for\nPets <a href=\"https:\/\/www.friendsforpets.co.uk\/contact-us\/\">https:\/\/www.friendsforpets.co.uk\/contact-us\/<\/a><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>With Coronavirus having a dramatic effect on people\u2019s personal and professional lives more and more of us have been asked to avoid social occasions, work from home or completely self-isolate due to being at higher risk of catching the virus&#8230; <a class=\"more-link\" href=\"https:\/\/www.friendsforpets.co.uk\/dog-walking-blog\/?p=301\">Continue Reading &rarr;<\/a><\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":1,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[1],"tags":[31,30,32,11,13],"class_list":["post-301","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","hentry","category-uncategorized","tag-coronavirus","tag-covid-19","tag-dog-health","tag-dog-walking","tag-doggy-day-care"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.friendsforpets.co.uk\/dog-walking-blog\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/301"}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.friendsforpets.co.uk\/dog-walking-blog\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.friendsforpets.co.uk\/dog-walking-blog\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.friendsforpets.co.uk\/dog-walking-blog\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/users\/1"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.friendsforpets.co.uk\/dog-walking-blog\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fcomments&post=301"}],"version-history":[{"count":1,"href":"https:\/\/www.friendsforpets.co.uk\/dog-walking-blog\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/301\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":302,"href":"https:\/\/www.friendsforpets.co.uk\/dog-walking-blog\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/301\/revisions\/302"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.friendsforpets.co.uk\/dog-walking-blog\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fmedia&parent=301"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.friendsforpets.co.uk\/dog-walking-blog\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fcategories&post=301"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.friendsforpets.co.uk\/dog-walking-blog\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Ftags&post=301"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}