Data from Tractive, a firm that provides GPS tracking for pets, revealed that people in Britain walk their dogs more than their European counterparts.
British dogs get 177 minutes of activity each day, compared with French dogs that get 170 minutes and German dogs that get 160 minutes of activity per day. British dogs also weigh less than other European dogs. The average British Labrador weighs 28 kilograms compared with 29 kgs and 31 kgs for German and French dogs respectively.
Carri Westgarth, a researcher at Liverpool University in the UK, says that British dogs are also walked more by their owners than American and Australian dogs.
It’s not just dog walking that the Brits are good at – British humans themselves are great walkers. A 2017 study showed that Brits were fifth in the world for the duration of their walking and hiking – and the highest in Europe.
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MARTINA NICOLLS is an international aid and development consultant, and the author of: The Paris Residences of James Joyce (2020), Similar But Different in the Animal Kingdom (2017), The Shortness of Life: A Mongolian Lament (2015), Liberia’s Deadest Ends (2012), Bardot’s Comet (2011), Kashmir on a Knife-Edge (2010) and The Sudan Curse (2009).
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