Walking up and down stairs is great exercise.  It gets your heart rate up and burns calories. 

For most of us who try to walk the stairs it is a matter of walking stairs rather than taking an elevator. 

But, I do have friends who walk up and down their stairs at home or work in order to fit more steps in their day or to get their heart rate up and burn more

“A vigorous, — 45-minute walk done correctly, with you in front! — every morning is crucial. This represents a primal migration with the pack leader. So it becomes both a physical and psychological exercise.”  Cesar Milan The Dog Whisperer

I picked Jaycee up from the Humane Society in the evening and took her for her first walk early the next morning.  Since our relationship was new I did not really know what to expect.  I

My favorite place to walk is on a Florida beach with my dog 

Sometimes it is hard to get motivated to go for a daily walk.  However, my motivation is renewed when I visit my Florida family’s beach house.  There is never a bad day at the beach.

It is understandable why so many people retire to Florida because our beaches are flat and easy to walk.  Maybe I am biased because I grew up

It is that time of the year when the days are getting shorter and darker.  We wake up in the dark and we drive home from work in the dark.  For those of us who want to stay on our walking schedule and who have a dog the PupLight makes walking in the dark safer and easier.

The PupLight is a very bright LED light attached to a collar that easily slips around your dogs

Dog walking has once again been proven to be great for your health. Any dog owner could have told you this, but the Canadian’s decided to study it. They found that owning a dog nearly doubles the amount of time spent walking.

In other words people do not have the discipline to get up and go for a walk because it is good for their health, but they will get up and go for

If you want to lose weight grab the leash and head out your door with your best friend. Walking with your dog is healthy for both you and your dog.

A study conducted by the University of Missouri-Columbia shows that dogs help their owners lose weight. Rebecca Johnson, an associate professor of nursing and the director of the College of Veterinary Medicine’s Research Center for Human-Animal Interaction says “our goal was to look for ways