Does the Sims team understand how dog walking works?

Dog walks are too long. Its ridiculous a long walk takes 8 hours plus. But then again activities in general take ages. My sim takes an hour in the shower and over an hour to eat a bow of cereal.

Also yes the fact the dog walks behind and the "leash" is nothing more than a grey string that fades out and doesnt even connect to the dog is pretty bad.