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astroarcadia
895 posts
70 months
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We have a working cocker and she loves the garden. Its a good size with a mix of lawn, paths, borders and trees.
Every morning she goes out first thing for a good sniff to see what has been in the garden in the night. She hides under trees, sunbathes on the lawn, stands there sniffing the breeze.
Really would be lost without it as it provides so much varied stimulation for such a busy dog.
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MrB1obby
560 posts
20 months
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Same as most, largish garden, dog only uses it for toilet. Unless it's sunny and we're out there, then she'll be out there sunbathing, trying to find frogs etc etc.
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AdiT
415 posts
27 months
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I'm in a terraced house with just a yard at the rear. Not a problem for my Weim' who just uses the yard for toileting, morning and night. He gets 2 walks a day of 40min at lunch time and 45min-1hour in the evening, with slight variation at weekends; Both in local country parks. For the majority of that he's off lead so covers a lot more ground than walking on lead. He sleeps 90% of the remaining time.
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Paddy_N_Murphy
15,249 posts
54 months
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Typical !!!
On a promise last night, I put the dog out for a quick piss.
Little fecker thinks it is a great night to sty out star gazing !
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Karyn
5,470 posts
38 months
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Paddy_N_Murphy said: Typical !!!
On a promise last night, I put the dog out for a quick piss.
Little fecker thinks it is a great night to sty out star gazing !  Sounds like ours!
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bexVN
9,612 posts
81 months
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Our whippet will wonder in and out if the door is left open (and as long as it's not raining!) but he doesn't like being shut out (usually accidental) and only occasionally lounges out in it, prefers the conservatory! He has room to have a charge up and down (approx 50 foot lawn) which he does on occasions on his own or when encouraged but he's definitely in more than out.
However I like the fact that he (and the cats...and now our toddler) have the garden to enjoy. We specifically looked for a house with a good garden for the animals (no kids at the time) as we didn't have easy access to a garden when we first got him.
We have since trained him to use a sectioned off area of garden for toileting due to little one. Works most of the time, not bad considering he was being taught to break a habit of 7 years of toileting anywhere!! (our fault we should've done it from the start but we were lazy about it)
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parakitaMol.
10,059 posts
121 months
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