Tails Dog Walking Index · Field report — August 2026

Live aggregate

Dog walking statistics: how often, how long, and how far dogs actually walk.

Not a survey — 1,839 completed walks by 146 real dogs, aggregated live. Each ember drifting across this page is one real walk.

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Walks per day
1.4 walks per average active dog-day
Daily distance
1.76 mi per average active dog-day
Daily walk time
47.4 min per average active dog-day
2,174 miles walked together — about Chicago to Los Angeles last walk logged August 19, 2026 1,789 poops on record snapshot August 19, 2026

1 Stop 01 · Trail head

You wonder, leash in hand —

How often should you walk your dog?

The Index answers with completed walks, not survey guesses — how often dogs walk, how long walks last, how far they go, when they happen, and what changes by dog and weather.

Every figure is dated, sampled, and citable. Private routes and addresses never leave the phone.

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Average walk duration

33.6 min

1,839 tracked walks with duration

Average walk distance

1.18 mi

1,839 GPS-tracked walks with distance

Daily walk time

47.4 min/day

Average for days with tracked walks

Peak walk time

8 AM

9% of starts, 158 walks

Poops logged

1,789

Walk observations and standalone quick logs

Walks per day

1.4/day

1,303 active dog-days in the sample

2 Stop 02 · When dogs walk

The morning question —

What is the best time to walk a dog?

Every completed walk has a start time. Plotted around the clock, the daily rhythm shows when dogs actually get walked — trace the dial to read any hour.

Walk O’Clock

8 AM is the top walk start time — 9% of walks start then.

12 AM: 1% of starts, 14 walks 1 AM: 1% of starts, 23 walks 2 AM: 1% of starts, 21 walks 3 AM: 1% of starts, 15 walks 4 AM: 1% of starts, 16 walks 5 AM: 1% of starts, 27 walks 6 AM: 4% of starts, 70 walks 7 AM: 9% of starts, 157 walks 8 AM: 9% of starts, 158 walks 9 AM: 4% of starts, 79 walks 10 AM: 5% of starts, 83 walks 11 AM: 5% of starts, 90 walks 12 PM: 7% of starts, 126 walks 1 PM: 7% of starts, 121 walks 2 PM: 5% of starts, 91 walks 3 PM: 4% of starts, 65 walks 4 PM: 4% of starts, 77 walks 5 PM: 7% of starts, 122 walks 6 PM: 8% of starts, 147 walks 7 PM: 7% of starts, 134 walks 8 PM: 7% of starts, 129 walks 9 PM: 2% of starts, 36 walks 10 PM: 1% of starts, 23 walks 11 PM: 1% of starts, 15 walks 9% OF STARTS 8 AM 158 walks NOON MIDNIGHT 6 PM 6 AM

8 AM

9% of starts · 158 walks — the daily peak

7 AM

9% of starts · 157 walks

6 PM

8% of starts · 147 walks

7 PM

7% of starts · 134 walks

8 PM

7% of starts · 129 walks

1,839 completed walks with start times Source: Tails Dog Walking Index — August 2026
Weekday vs weekend

Weekend walks run about 3 min longer than weekday walks.

Average walk duration

Weekdays 33 min
Weekend 36 min

Average walk distance

Weekdays 1.16 mi
Weekend 1.23 mi

Aggregate only. No dog-level records, no routes. How the Index works ›

1,839 completed walks Source: Tails Dog Walking Index — August 2026

3 Stop 03 · How long and how far

Halfway down the block, you wonder —

How long should you walk your dog, and how far should you go?

Duration and distance come from completed, tracked walks — no survey recall. Use the single-walk average, daily total, and pace to place your own routine.

Walk duration

The average tracked walk lasts 33.6 minutes.

33.6 min per walk

Monthly average range · 7 months

0 min 30 min – 62 min 120 min
Walk time across a full day
47.4 min/day
1,839 walks with duration data Source: Tails Dog Walking Index — August 2026
Walk distance

The average tracked walk covers 1.18 miles.

1.18 mi per walk
Average pace
28.5 min/mi
Distance across a full day
1.76 mi/day

Distance uses GPS-filtered movement from tracked walks. Raw coordinates and route maps are never published.

1,839 GPS-tracked walks with distance Source: Tails Dog Walking Index — August 2026

4 Stop 04 · Stamina signal

Watching your dog pull ahead, you ask —

How much exercise does a dog need? Start with real stamina benchmarks.

We pull the strongest six-minute stretch from each qualifying walk, remove only slow-and-fragmented captures, then give every dog equal weight. It is a field benchmark, not a clinic-administered test or diagnosis.

Tails Dog Walking Index

1,000 ft 2,200 ft

Best 6-minute span

1,405 ft sustained distance Dog-balanced field average
  • Healthy cohort mean ± SD 1,543–1,887 ft
  • Pulmonary cohort mean ± SD 1,128–1,397 ft
  • Tails dog-level 10th–90th
  • Tails dog average

The middle 80% of included dogs fall between 1,123–1,706 ft · the coral band on the dial

Routine signal. Not a diagnosis.

A population benchmark — read it that way.

Filtered GPS

Movement noise stripped before we calculate.

Sustained window

Best continuous six minutes inside each walk.

Equal dog weight

Three or more spans per dog, then one dog-level average.

1,411 walks · 70 dogs Source: Tails Dog Walking Index — August 2026

Best 6-minute stamina distance

1,405 ft

1,411 walks · 70 dogs

10th pct
1,123 ft
90th pct
1,706 ft

Dog-balanced field average · controlled healthy cohort mean ± SD 1,543–1,887 ft

Routine signal

Not a diagnosis. A population benchmark.

Vet 6-MWT studies

Swimmer 2011, Manens 2014, Cerda-Gonzalez 2016.

No routes published

Aggregate movement only. Your route stays private.

How we built it
Filtered GPS

Movement noise stripped before we calculate.

Sustained window

Best continuous six minutes inside each walk.

Equal dog weight

Three or more spans per dog, then one dog-level average.

Study comparison

Healthy cohort mean ± SD: 1,543–1,887 ft. Pulmonary cohort mean ± SD: 1,128–1,397 ft. Tails dog-balanced field average: 1,405 feet. These are protocol comparisons, not diagnostic cutoffs.

Sources: Swimmer & Rozanski 2011, Manens et al. 2014, Cerda-Gonzalez et al. 2016.

4B Field note · Why the numbers differ

A neighborhood walk is not a hallway test.

Tails sees sniffing, crossings, leash pauses, and real city routes. The cited study measured a timed six-minute walk in a controlled 50-foot hallway. This distribution shows the field data without turning either protocol into a diagnosis.

Walk-level distribution

Best six-minute span by walk

Each bar counts qualifying walks. The benchmark above remains dog-balanced so frequent walkers do not dominate the reported average or percentile range.

Common thread

Size shifts the field average

Large dogs 15 dogs
1,397 ft
Medium dogs 34 dogs
1,456 ft
Small dogs 21 dogs
1,326 ft

Small dogs trends lower in this sample. That is a body-size pattern, not evidence of poorer health.

What did not explain it

Recorded age is nearly flat

Adult dogs 38 dogs
1,408 ft
Senior dogs 19 dogs
1,389 ft
Puppies 13 dogs
1,420 ft

Recorded adult and senior averages are close after filtering. Breed groups are currently too thin for a broad public conclusion.

Audit trail

How a walk reaches this chart

Source: Tails Dog Walking Index — August 2026
  1. 1,539 GPS-qualified six-minute spans
  2. −61 slow and stop-heavy captures
  3. 1,478 retained after continuity check
  4. −67 from 52 dogs below the 3-walk minimum
  5. 1,411 observations across 70 equally weighted dogs

A span is removed only when it covers under 1,000 ft and sustains under 60% of that walk’s best one-minute pace. Slow-but-steady walks stay in the dataset.

4C Predictor audit · Profile versus pace

Age and weight barely move the line.

The strongest signal is pace recorded inside the same walk—not age, weight, or a health label. Each dot below pools at least three dogs, so the relationship stays visible without publishing an individual pet.

Strongest same-walk signal

63% of variation associated

Best one-minute speed

Useful for forecasting the six-minute result, but not independent: both measurements come from the same tracked walks.

Strongest profile split

6% of variation separated

Size category

The effect is not linear: medium dogs lead this sample, while both small and large groups are lower. Exact weight explains only 3%.

Recorded age

1% explained

70 dogs
14 dogs · average 0.7 years · 1,450 ft 14 dogs · average 1.7 years · 1,404 ft 14 dogs · average 3.9 years · 1,421 ft 14 dogs · average 7 years · 1,374 ft 14 dogs · average 10.2 years · 1,374 ft Recorded age

Dots are equal-frequency groups of at least three dogs. The dashed line is the dog-level linear trend; it is nearly flat when R² is close to zero.

Recorded weight

3% explained

70 dogs
14 dogs · average 9.7 lb · 1,301 ft 14 dogs · average 24.1 lb · 1,338 ft 14 dogs · average 43 lb · 1,502 ft 14 dogs · average 54.1 lb · 1,492 ft 14 dogs · average 80.6 lb · 1,390 ft Recorded weight

Dots are equal-frequency groups of at least three dogs. The dashed line is the dog-level linear trend; it is nearly flat when R² is close to zero.

Age and weight relationships use one average per dog. Plot points are privacy-safe aggregates of at least three dogs, not individual pets. Best one-minute speed is reported as a same-walk signal, not an independent profile predictor or health diagnosis.

Source: Tails Dog Walking Index — August 2026

5 Stop 05 · Sniffari time

Nose down, the walk changes shape —

How much of a walk is spent exploring?

Tails uses GPS and motion to detect moments when a dog pauses to explore. This view includes completed walks lasting at least 10 minutes with one or more detected moments. Each moment contributes at most 30 seconds so a long human pause cannot dominate the result.

Share of measured walk time

16.8%

Across 779 qualifying walks and 69 dogs, detected exploration pauses account for this share of measured walk time.

72.2 hr cumulative exploration time
430.3 hr total walk time
= 16.8%
Typical 30-minute walk 5.0 min median time paused to explore
Exploration stops per 30 minutes 18.8 median · 19.9 mean
Middle half of walks 10.6%–24.1% share of time paused to explore
Exploration moments counted 16,061 across 779 measured walks

Distribution

Time paused to explore per walk

mean 17.9% · median 16.7%

What this measures

This is time paused to explore inferred from motion—not direct observation of every sniff. Raw pause time is 20.0% of measured walk time. Limiting each detected moment to 30 seconds produces the 16.8% comparison above.

Source: Tails Dog Walking Index — August 2026

6 Stop 06 · By dog and by season

Your dog isn't average — so you ask —

How recorded walking activity varies by age, size, and season.

Segment numbers are per dog per day — every walk for that dog rolled up first, then averaged. Small samples are directional; each view shows its sample size. For an individualized starting range, use the dog exercise guide.

Benchmarks by dog

Large dogs log the most daily walk time — 61 min a day.

Life stage

Adult

698 dog-days

49 min

Senior

407 dog-days

50 min

Puppy

198 dog-days

38 min

Dog size

Medium dogs

585 dog-days

41 min

Large dogs

472 dog-days

61 min

Small dogs

246 dog-days

36 min

Weather

60F to 79F

746 dog-days

43 min

80F and above

358 dog-days

34 min

32F to 59F

206 dog-days

56 min

Below freezing

17 dog-days

47 min
0 min 35 min 70 min avg 47 min

Large dogs go farthest — 2.3 mi a day.

Life stage

Adult

698 dog-days

1.81 mi

Senior

407 dog-days

1.82 mi

Puppy

198 dog-days

1.35 mi

Dog size

Medium dogs

585 dog-days

1.52 mi

Large dogs

472 dog-days

2.27 mi

Small dogs

246 dog-days

1.25 mi

Weather

60F to 79F

746 dog-days

1.58 mi

80F and above

358 dog-days

1.25 mi

32F to 59F

206 dog-days

2.1 mi

Below freezing

17 dog-days

1.79 mi
0 mi 3 mi avg 1.76 mi

Adult dogs head out most often — 1.5 walks a day.

Life stage

Adult

698 dog-days

1.5

Senior

407 dog-days

1.3

Puppy

198 dog-days

1.3

Dog size

Medium dogs

585 dog-days

1.3

Large dogs

472 dog-days

1.5

Small dogs

246 dog-days

1.4

Weather

60F to 79F

746 dog-days

1.3

80F and above

358 dog-days

1.2

32F to 59F

206 dog-days

1.3

Below freezing

17 dog-days

1.2
0 1 2 avg 1.4
1,303 active dog-days · dashed line marks the all-dog average Source: Tails Dog Walking Index — August 2026
Monthly snapshots

Aug 2026: 602 completed walks across 75 dogs.

90 Mar
171 Apr
191 May
170 Jun
590 Jul
602 Aug
Monthly detail table — duration, distance, and pace

Mar 2026

90 walks
Avg duration
61.5 min
Avg distance
2.48 mi
Avg pace
24.8 min/mi

Apr 2026

171 walks
Avg duration
38.3 min
Avg distance
1.38 mi
Avg pace
27.8 min/mi

May 2026

191 walks
Avg duration
38.6 min
Avg distance
1.41 mi
Avg pace
27.4 min/mi

Jun 2026

170 walks
Avg duration
30.8 min
Avg distance
1.09 mi
Avg pace
28.3 min/mi

Jul 2026

590 walks
Avg duration
30.7 min
Avg distance
0.98 mi
Avg pace
31.3 min/mi

Aug 2026

602 walks
Avg duration
29.6 min
Avg distance
1.07 mi
Avg pace
27.7 min/mi
6 monthly snapshots Source: Tails Dog Walking Index — August 2026

7 Stop 07 · How often dogs poop

Bag in pocket, you quietly wonder —

How many times a day is normal?

Owners can record poop during a tracked walk or with a standalone quick log. Rolled up to one dog per day, those observations show how often dogs actually go — and what a normal daily count looks like.

Daily poop frequency

Most dogs poop one to two times a day — 69% of logged dog-days fall in that range.

Average per dog per day

1.4/day

Dog-days measured

1,277

Share of dog-days by poop count

0
none 1
a day 2
a day 3+
a day

“None on the walk” means status was logged but the dog didn’t go during that session — many dogs do their business at home, which the on-walk log can’t see.

By life stage

Puppy 1.5/day
Adult 1.1/day
Senior 1.8/day

By size

Small dogs 1.6/day
Medium dogs 1.3/day
Large dogs 1.5/day
1,277 dog-days with logged poop status Source: Tails Dog Walking Index — August 2026

8 Stop 08 · The poop report

Mid-scoop, the honest question —

What does healthy dog poop look like?

Owners log poop observations during walks or with a standalone quick log. Scored on a five-point consistency scale, the population tells you what normal looks like — and when to call the vet.

Stool quality spectrum

Most logged poops are healthy — 96% land in the firm-to-soft range.

Poops on record

1,789

Walks with a poop

67%

Poops per dog-day

1.4/day

very firm 1% firm 12% ideal 63% soft 21% watery 3%

The five-point scale, read at a glance

  • Very firm

    Hard, dry pellets that are tough to pass. Add water and fibre; watch for constipation.

  • Firm

    Solid and segmented, holds its shape, easy to pick up. Healthy — this end of normal is fine.

  • Ideal★ target

    Log-shaped, holds together, leaves little behind. The textbook score. Keep doing what you’re doing.

  • Soft

    Holds shape loosely but loses form when picked up. Healthy now and then; note diet or stress if it lingers.

  • Watery

    No shape, liquid or puddle — diarrhoea. A one-off can pass; repeated readings warrant a vet call.

Ideal share by month

APR AUG · 60%

For the vet chat

One soft poop is normal. Persistent soft or watery readings across walks are worth raising with your vet — bring the log.

1,542 quality-scored poops Source: Tails Dog Walking Index — August 2026

9 Stop 09 · The recovery curve

The morning after a bad one, you wonder —

What does a typical recovery look like?

About 3% of scored poops read watery — score 5, the far end of the spectrum above. Line up the first watery day in every distinct episode — D0 — with the three days before and after it, and the dog-balanced average traces the shape of a typical bounce-back.

Around the watery day

After a watery day, average readings are back in their usual range by day 2.

Watery episodes on record

32

Dogs behind the curve

23

Back in the usual range

Day 2

Watery Soft Ideal Firm Very firm D-3: average score 3.1 across 11 episodes from 11 dogs D-2: average score 3.4 across 17 episodes from 15 dogs D-1: average score 3.1 across 14 episodes from 12 dogs D0: average score 5.0 across 32 episodes from 23 dogs D1: average score 3.5 across 17 episodes from 14 dogs D2: average score 3.0 across 17 episodes from 14 dogs D3: average score 3.4 across 9 episodes from 8 dogs DAY EPISODES D-3 11 D-2 17 D-1 14 D0 32 D1 17 D2 17 D3 9

Every point needs observations from at least five different dogs. Thin offsets stay visible as honest gaps instead of being interpolated.

How the curve is built

Consecutive watery days count as one episode, anchored at D0 = 5. Surrounding poops are averaged within each dog-day, then across each dog's episodes before dogs are weighted equally — so one rough week cannot dominate.

How to use the pattern

This aggregate describes what owners logged; it is not a diagnosis or a timeline for an individual dog. If a change concerns you, use the history as context and contact your veterinarian.

32 watery episodes · 23 dogs Source: Tails Dog Walking Index — August 2026

10 Stop 10 · Care reference

And when the color looks off —

Dog poop color chart.

Color is the fastest read on your dog’s gut. Healthy stool is an even chocolate brown — anything sharply off-color is worth a second look. Use this as a quick guide for what each color tends to mean and when it’s worth a call.

  • Chocolate brown

    The healthy default. A rich, even brown means digestion is doing its job.
    No action needed — this is your baseline.

    Typically healthy
  • Green

    Often grass-eating or a fast transit time; sometimes a gallbladder or bile issue.
    A one-off is usually fine. Mention it if it keeps showing up.

    Worth watching
  • Yellow / orange

    Can point to a food intolerance, or a liver, bile, or pancreas issue moving things through quickly.
    Watch the next few stools. Call your vet if it persists or comes with soft stool.

    Worth watching
  • Red streaks

    Fresh blood from the lower gut or rectum — colitis, a strain, or anal-gland irritation.
    Call your vet, especially if there is more than a streak or it repeats.

    Call your vet
  • Black / tarry

    Digested blood from higher up the gut (melena). This can be serious.
    Call your vet promptly.

    Call your vet
  • Grey / greasy or white

    Greasy grey can mean fat is not being absorbed (pancreas or bile duct). Chalky white usually means too much bone or calcium.
    Call your vet — ongoing greasy or pale stool needs a look.

    Call your vet

When it’s an emergency

Black/tarry or heavily bloody stool — especially with vomiting, lethargy, or a painful belly — is a same-day vet call, not a wait-and-see.

Reference, not data

This color guide is general guidance compiled from veterinary sources — not Tails aggregate data, and not a substitute for veterinary advice. When in doubt, call your vet.

11 Stop 11 · Try it with your dog

The last stop is yours —

Dog walking schedule: where does your dog fit?

Drag your dog's typical daily walk time onto the real distribution — every tracked dog-day in the Index, with the median, the average, and each life-stage routine marked.

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Every number you just read is a real dog's day.

Scrolling this report walked you 1.18 miles — one average tracked walk. Add your dog's walks below and next month's snapshot gets sharper.

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Appendix A · Field protocol

How the Index is calculated.

Citation-ready aggregates. No dog-level records, no addresses, no GPS routes leave Tails.

A.1

Window and geography

Reporting window: August 20, 2025 to August 20, 2026 in America/Chicago. Built on the rolling 365-day window, refreshed each snapshot. Walks come from wherever Tails dogs live; dates, months, seasons, and start-time buckets are normalized to America/Chicago.

A.2

What counts as a walk

Completed Tails walk logs and booking GPS sessions with positive duration. After the first GPS gap over 30 minutes, the remaining time and distance are treated as a stale tracker tail instead of disqualifying the whole session, so continuous long hikes remain eligible. Zero-duration quick poop logs are excluded from walk metrics but included in poop aggregates.

A.3

Privacy rules

Aggregate only — no names, addresses, caregiver records, or individual dog histories. GPS becomes distance, duration, and a stamina signal; raw coordinates and route maps stay private.

A.4

Reading the numbers

Thin age, size, and weather segments are directional — every figure shows its sample so you can judge. For stamina, slow spans below 1,000 ft are removed only when they sustain less than 60% of that walk's best one-minute pace. Dogs need at least 3 retained observations; each dog's average then receives equal weight. Study bands are cohort means ± one standard deviation, not health cutoffs.

A.5

How Sniffari time is calculated

Only completed walks at least 10 minutes long with one or more detected exploration moments qualify. Each moment contributes at most 30 seconds. The cumulative percentage equals all limited exploration seconds divided by all reliable measured walk seconds. Stop frequency is normalized to 30 minutes so walks of different lengths can be compared; the typical walk uses the median.

Appendix B · Cite & reuse

Take a number with you — it stays a live one.

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Appendix C · Changelog

Snapshot history, by month.

Every snapshot is dated and auditable. Pending months are marked as pending.

March 2026

Mar 2026 public snapshot

90 completed walks across 6 dogs were included in the monthly aggregate.

April 2026

Apr 2026 public snapshot

171 completed walks across 19 dogs were included in the monthly aggregate.

May 2026

May 2026 public snapshot

191 completed walks across 19 dogs were included in the monthly aggregate.

June 2026

Jun 2026 public snapshot

170 completed walks across 29 dogs were included in the monthly aggregate.

July 2026

Jul 2026 public snapshot

590 completed walks across 73 dogs were included in the monthly aggregate.

August 2026

Aug 2026 public snapshot

602 completed walks across 75 dogs were included in the monthly aggregate.

Appendix D · Questions owners actually ask

Dog walking schedule, duration, and distance questions.

How often should you walk your dog?

The Index reports real completed Tails walks, including walks per day, walks per week, and active dog-days. The current walks-per-day benchmark is 1.4/day for days with tracked walks.

How many times a day should you walk a dog?

There is no single rule for every dog, but the Index shows how many walks dogs get on active tracked days and how that routine changes by life stage and size. Use the walks-per-day benchmark with your dog's age, stamina, and vet guidance.

How long should you walk your dog?

The current average dog walk duration is 33.6 minutes. Tails calculates this from completed walks with duration data, not from survey recall.

How far should you walk your dog?

The current average dog walk distance is 1.18 miles. Distance comes from tracked walks and is published only as aggregate statistics.

What is the best time to walk a dog?

8 AM is currently the most common walk start time in the Index, with 9% of starts.

How much time do dogs spend sniffing on walks?

Across 779 completed Tails walks lasting at least 10 minutes with detected exploration moments, cumulative exploration time accounts for 17% of total measured walk time. Each detected moment contributes at most 30 seconds so one long pause cannot dominate the result.

How often do dogs poop?

Across 1,277 dog-days where owners logged poop status, dogs averaged 1.4 poops a day, and 69% of those days fell in the one-to-two range. As a rule of thumb, healthy adult dogs go one to three times a day; puppies and dogs on higher-fibre diets often go more.

What does healthy dog poop look like?

Healthy dog poop is an even chocolate brown and log-shaped — firm enough to hold its form and easy to pick up. Tails scores stool on a five-point consistency scale where 3 is ideal, and firm-to-soft (scores 2–4) is the healthy range. Hard pellets or watery stool that keeps showing up is worth a vet call.

What does the color of dog poop mean?

Chocolate brown is normal. Green can come from grass or a bile issue, yellow or orange may signal a food intolerance or a liver or pancreas problem, and black, tarry, or bloody stool needs a prompt vet call. The dog poop color chart on this page is general reference compiled from veterinary sources — not Tails aggregate data or veterinary advice.

How does recorded walking activity vary by age and size?

The Index includes age and size segment benchmarks when aggregate data is available. These show routine-level differences in daily walk time, distance, and walks per day without publishing individual dog histories. For a personalized planning framework, use the Tails dog exercise guide.

How long to walk a puppy?

Puppies usually need shorter, more frequent walks than adult dogs. The Index separates life-stage benchmarks when enough aggregate data is available, so puppy routines can be compared against adult and senior dog walking patterns without exposing individual dog histories.

Does the page include GPS routes?

No. GPS points, individual routes, addresses, and caregiver-level records are excluded. Only aggregate session statistics are published.

Can I cite these dog walking statistics?

Yes. Cite "Tails Dog Walking Index" and link to https://trytails.com/dog-walking-statistics/ so readers can review the methodology and privacy rules.