These Shoes Were Meant for Walking
Dogs are very quick learners. They’re really good at picking up on correlations and can be trained to link one thing, like putting on your shoes, to another, like going for a walk. Sometimes, our doggos take these correlations very seriously and think EVERY time you put on your shoes is walk time.
This dog parent has this exact experience. Whenever anyone in the house, it doesn’t matter who, puts on shoes, their dog gets very excited. Shoes = walk, after all! They follow shoe-wearers around the house, which is both adorable and endearing. Even if there’s no walk in the plans, their dog is ever-hopeful that it’ll happen.