Should children be able to walk a dog alone?

Learning how to walk a dog early and often is part of training

Photo credit: Marcelo Pinto/Unsplash

My favorite comic strips as a kid were “Luann,” “Curtis,” “Peanuts,” “Archie,” “Jump Street” and “Family Circus.” But the one comic strip that I should’ve paid more attention to was “Marmaduke.” I absolutely could relate to Phil Winslow, especially when it came to walking my Labrador Retriever, Shep. I didn’t want the…