Interaction created by dog-walking - Meaning for owners in an urban community -

我们发现遛狗有各种各样的社交网点，因此对社区有重要的影响。遛狗者可以在没有压力的情况下建立网络，可以坦率地交换信息，并按照自己的节奏进行互动。它包括不同背景的人，并采取各种关系形式，这对参与者来说很有用。尽管他们彼此不太了解，但由于很少有期望，他们有相当高的信任度。通过遛狗，人们在社区中建立起一个有吸引力的社交网络。人们认为遛狗既影响持续又影响发展，总体上促进了“社会资本”的增长。

We found that dog-walking has a variety of social networking points, and therefore has an important community impact. Dog walkers build networks without pressure, and can exchange information frankly and interact at their own pace. It includes people of various backgrounds, and takes a variety of relationship forms, which becomes useful for participants. Even though they don’t know each other well, they share a rather high level of trust, due to few expectations. Through dog-walking, people build an attractive social network in the community . It is thought that dog-walking influences both continuance and development, which overall promotes the growth of “social capital”.