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My wife has been painting the bird feeding table. Inside of course, no motorbikes allowed but bird feeding tables? No probs!
Anyway the cat gets involved, marching about thru all the paint and then deliberately sitting so close to the brush holding cup that some of the brushes are touching her This makes her angry and she is flicking her ears and giving filthy looks at my wife.
I would throw her outside if I thought the neighbours kids would finish her off but sadly they will have to move their shooting targets to the other kids at school, American styles, now that people have complained about feral cats getting toasted!
 
What’s the correct thing to do ?

Our old boy who’s 13 (maybe 14) is starting to struggle on walks.
Trouble is I put the others on their leads and he sits there looking at me, I can’t leave him behind. Therefore I end up walking slower, at a pace that suits him, with the German Shepherd and Great Dane desperately trying to pull me along to go faster.
🙁
 
I guess you need to evaluate if he gets anything more out of it than just having garden time.
Towards the end with our old american bulldog, it used to take 45 mins for the walk I do now with
our young presa in 15, but she was always up for it. It was only her last couple of weeks with cancer
where she couldnt be bothered at all and just sat in the garden for hours.

Otherwise, if its just pace, then walk him on his own.
 
if he is happy try taking him for a 5 minute walk with the others then pop him back home with a treat and finish your walk? He'll soon get used to the routine and hopefully will be enough for him!

They say that 'sniffing about' is actualy as or more important that going for walk itself
 
We look after my in laws elderly dog 3 or 4 times a year when they go away, he is just about to turn 14 and has always been able to keep up with our 2 who are now 7 & 8. Last time we had him was in February and for the first time he could not manage a 30 minute walk and was done in after 5 or 10 minutes. The best option for us was to take him first and on his own for a short walk, then pop him home with a chew and take the others for their normal walk. They all seemed happy with this .
 
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