Masters and mistresses in Dorfen talk about their experiences in lockdown.
Dorfen
- Exactly 654 dogs are registered with the city of Dorfen.
At the moment, one increasingly meets young dogs on the well-known dog walks at the collecting basin, in the direction of Oberdorfen or at the flour mill.
Simple reason: home office.
But if mistress and master are in quarantine, they are no longer allowed to go for a walk.
That creates problems.
Because dogs need a lot of exercise.
Those who are in quarantine are not allowed to step outside the front door.
A dog owner from Dorfen (name known to the editors) would not have known how else to fulfill his master duties.
So he pulled a scarf low over his face during his quarantine and went anyway at the end of the day.
Another village woman, who does not want to be named, is also clear: "If I have to be in quarantine, I go out with my dog at five in the morning and after ten in the evening - even if it is forbidden." She believes that many dog owners currently act like that.
"Thickly covered with a mask and scarf, you don't infect anyone."
During the lockdown, many people have more time for a fluffy darling.
“Since Corona, many people have been working from home, they are more flexible.
Now it is easier for them to combine their job and dog, ”says Angelika Schöner from Wartenberg, who is on the board of the Erdings animal welfare association.
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Tobias Schaller with Umberto (left) and Fenja.
© Michaele Heske
Olga Braumer from Dorfen also fulfilled her childhood dream of the dog: "I got a Labrador puppy," says the 32-year-old.
"I've been going for walks a lot since spring - I'm not so alone with my dog during social distancing," reports the single woman.
Tobias and Silke Schaller have bought a young second dog.
Only recently, the event manager, who has mainly worked as a househusband since Corona and looks after the children, had a bad cold: "Thank God just a tonsillitis," says the Dorfener after the doctor's visit.
"With quarantine we would have a problem with two dogs."
The Taufkirchen veterinarian Dr.
Christian Aigner.
"Small dogs can go into the garden - big animals need more exercise." Relatives or friends would have to step in if the worst comes to the worst, and there are also walkers who go for a walk with the animals.
If there is no other way, the dog has to go to a boarding house.
“This is of course an emergency solution.
The animals don't understand what's going on.
Some dogs put away the boarding house without any problems, others are unhappy.
The animals are kept busy, and mistress and master come back. "
A boarding house is not an option for Nicole Schönheit from Dorfen: “My mixed breed is fixated on me.
Lulu would suffer extremely. "In the event of a quarantine, beauty relies on her friend:" I let the dog into the garden, there it will be picked up.
Michaele Heske
