It's the same, I am taking 100s of steps in my home, but without the gadget, so it never gets recorded. The other issue is when I go for my walks, most of the time I do not carry my phone and there again it does not get recorded. But it's fine with me, I like it that way as far as the walks are happening :-)
When we have a pet at home, our walking routines are maintained, that's advantage of having them around, besides all the other advantages that they come with :-)
Good to see you around after such a long time @ana-maria