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A new study from Ohio State University has found that neighborhoods with higher dog ownership tend to experience fewer crimes.
Glenn Rogers of New Jersey, a dog trainer with 26 years of police officer experience, told “Fox & Friends Weekend” on Saturday that he was not surprised by the study’s findings.
Rogers noted that while many dogs offer home protection in the case of unwanted intruders, the new study found that neighborhoods with high canine populations provided more eyes on the ground — which makes sense.
“What’s involved is the people who are walking their dogs in the neighborhood,” Rogers said during his live segment.
“They become almost like a neighborhood watch,” Rogers continued.
“They’re meeting their neighbors, and they’re getting to know their neighbors and getting to see what’s normal in the neighborhood if they do it every day.”
During his time in law enforcement, Rogers said that formal neighborhood watch groups sometimes tend to “fizzle out” over time.
Regular dog walking is a different idea, however.
“When you’ve got a dog, you might be taking the same walk for 15 years,” Rogers noted on “Fox & Friends Weekend.”