Its easy for us to choose where we want to live by the lifestyle we want to live through. You may be an active social person who thrives living in the city, or you may be a quiet person who likes the read in the garden who would be more suited to the countryside.
But does this suit your dog? Is the location of your house suitable for the dog you have?
Can you fulfill your dogs needs, even with living in a small flat? E.g. do you have a Border Collie but are able to fulfill its herding instincts.
My real reasoning for this blog is more for those who may have dogs with high levels of anxiety but still have to be exposed to their triggers multiple times a day. Do you have a noise sensitive dog but live on a busy main road? Or a reactive dog that has no garden so has to go outside multiple times a day to toilet.
All of these little things can affect our dogs mental well being more than we may realise. For example i live on the end of a street which means all of the other dogs pass by our house. Which means my dog reactive dog can hear this and sometimes barks. This means i have to manage these situations and garden times to ensure my dogs stress and adrenaline levels are kept to a minimum on a daily basis so that it doesn't affect his reactivity more.
When buying or rescuing a dog there should be a lot to be put under consideration before we commit to giving that dog a home.
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