As good observers, if they have the opportunity, our dogs will spend time looking out of a window: birds or the neighbour’s cat crossing the garden, passers-by on the pavement, cars,… While observing, if our dogs seem to “do nothing”, their brain is nevertheless at work: the sensory pathways (sight, smell, hearing, taste, touch) feed the brain with all kinds of information. Although there is no physical activity, the neurons are indeed working at full capacity.
“Doing nothing” is an activity that we can offer them on a walk: stopping at a terrace, in a garden, on a bench,… Watching the world go by, picking up sensory information from the environment,…
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