It also suggests that dog
walking is undertaken in close proximity to home (outdoors in the
yard and local neighborhood streets), and thus is only one part of overall
walking level. The findings highlight the need for context-specific measures
of children's dog-related physical activity and play behaviors, and
further research on the amount of activity undertaken with dogs in
these contexts (i.e., frequency, duration and intensity of dog facilitated
active play in different settings such as inside/outside the
home and park), not simply whether the behavior occurs.