Why Britons walk their dogs so much
Parading the pooch
“WHEN I THINK of England, I think of the queen taking her dogs for a walk in the countryside,” says Carsten Haferkamp, a dog-owning German architect working in London. There may be something in the stereotype. Data from Tractive, a firm that provides GPS tracking for pets, show that Britons walk their dogs more than their European neighbours do.
This article appeared in the Britain section of the print edition under the headline “Parading the pooch”
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