Victorian authorities are providing a dog-walking service for the pooches of locked-down apartment residents. covid19 lockdown
tested positive to COVID-19, causing all occupants to be barred from leaving their flats.
Now that Vernon is walked regularly, “it makes me feel so much better”, Ms Clement said. “He is calmer, which makes me calmer as well.”Credit:“It makes me feel better about having him here with me and I don’t feel so selfish, having him here for my company.” Ms Clement, who during the pandemic has worked in digital marketing from her native New Zealand and from Western Australia, said being stuck inside her building was “my worst nightmare”.
“It helped me calm down and focus a lot better,” she said. “I’m doing much better now that Vern’s better. He’s very affectionate. I sit on the couch, and he’ll half lay on top of me.RSPCA animal behaviourist Gabrielle Carter said providing a dog walker was “a great initiative”.“I think it’s a great idea and it’s essential to meet some of the dogs’ welfare needs,” she said.
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