I don't walk my dogs. My backyard is fenced in, and for at least six months of the year I never close my back door, so dogs (and cats) go in and out at will, which is more freedom than many beasts get. (During colder months, I let them out whenever they ask.) Sure, the dogs would love walks through town; no doubt they're a bit bored. But I barely ever leave my yard, either, so I ask little more of them than I ask of myself.