Recentring companion species wellbeing in the leisure experience: towards multispecies flourishing through dog walking

Katrina Brown, Petra Lackova

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Abstract

Most of the debate surrounding dog walking and wellbeing is framed almost wholly in terms of what dogs can do for humans. This chapter instead explores how dogs’ needs and desires come to be ‘known’ and experienced by their guardians, how this matters for dog walking practices, and how it co-produces human wellbeing. The findings prompt questions of to which kinds of dog walking experiences a dog might be entitled (e.g. the nature and degree of interaction with particular humans, dogs, technologies and ecologies) and trouble any easy freedom-work dichotomies as a basis for gaining wellbeing from leisure.
Original languageEnglish
Title of host publicationDomestic Animals, Humans, and Leisure
Subtitle of host publicationRights, Welfare, and Wellbeing
EditorsJanette Young, Neil Carr
Place of PublicationLondon
PublisherRoutledge
Chapter7
Pages98-112
Number of pages15
ISBN (Electronic)9781315457451
ISBN (Print)9781138209275
DOIs
Publication statusPublished - 2018

Publication series

NameRoutledge Research in the Ethics of Tourism Series

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