I should be proud because....

How does one define sport?

Surely dog walking is sport at it's moving our body and because you and I and others do dog walking them we're taking part in a sport and should be proud

Can you explain to me how walking the dog is a sport,let alone why I should be proud it? Doesn't sport have teams, even individual events are part of teams. There's no competitive element to walking a dog, if you had teams of dogs wanting to win, then you'd just have a massive dog fight and loads of people getting hurt.

I'm dyspraxic too, so sport was always a specal kind of torture for me, even my friends didn't want me in their teams.

When I see football supporters or any sports supporters, I see an excited mob that can turn on a hair into violence, maybe these skills did develop from war skills, but thats no reason to keep doing them.

I am vocal about my dislike of sport, but only if people engage me in discussions about it. I just don't get the need for all that tribalism and competitiveness. It's confusing and frightening for those of us who don't understand.

Can you explain to me how walking the dog is a sport,let alone why I should be proud it? Doesn't sport have teams, even individual events are part of teams. There's no competitive element to walking a dog, if you had teams of dogs wanting to win, then you'd just have a massive dog fight and loads of people getting hurt.

I'm dyspraxic too, so sport was always a specal kind of torture for me, even my friends didn't want me in their teams.

When I see football supporters or any sports supporters, I see an excited mob that can turn on a hair into violence, maybe these skills did develop from war skills, but thats no reason to keep doing them.

I am vocal about my dislike of sport, but only if people engage me in discussions about it. I just don't get the need for all that tribalism and competitiveness. It's confusing and frightening for those of us who don't understand.

I didn’t say that. You have clearly stated that you’re anti calling dog-walking a sport.

I'm not the one who thinks walking the dog is sport!

Sport and exercise are two different things. They have overlaps, but they are not the same.

Dog-walking is exercise. It is not a sport. If you mean walking your little Chow up the hill and speaking to your neighbour. That is not a sport. I hate to be the one to burst your bubble on this.

If you are talking about running beside your dog as it jumps through hoops and is trying to beat other dogs in a contest, then that could be called a sport.

Similar to what Cat already put before: unless you are releasing a pack of hounds onto another pack of hounds, watching as they tear each other apart. This is a sport of sorts. A very evil, illegal and discouraged sport.

To be defined as sport there needs to be some kind of competitive nature. I agree it can be individual or team. But for running you are trying to beat other people or records etc. Running outside of competitiveness is either just exercise or training for sport. Dog walking would just be exercise/recreational unless there was some kind of competitiveness to it. 

I don't see walking with Fearn as self care, it's something thats needs doing that I happen to enjoy, I don't see it as something to be proud of, why would I?

I don't see meeting up with a group for a dog walk as being a team thing, not unless you're doing something competitive like flyball.

Being proud you managed to do some self care for yourself and your dog

It's like people running around where they live, running is considered a sport so they are doing a sport on their own, so I shouldn't see why it should differ for dog walking. Plus I've seen meet ups for group dog walks so that's where the team part comes in