Walking a puppy - too much?
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We've read a lot of sites etc that say you should walk a puppy for 5 minutes for every month of their life, so 12.5 minutes for our pup - However we've had her out for 45 minutes and she was still tugging at the lead, and when we got back she raced around the house excitedly!
Does it actually do them any harm to walk for longer?
She's a collie/lab cross nearly 12 weeks old.
Btw, isn't it lovely walking a puppy? Everyone's your friend! And she loooves the attention.
Does it actually do them any harm to walk for longer?
She's a collie/lab cross nearly 12 weeks old.
Btw, isn't it lovely walking a puppy? Everyone's your friend! And she loooves the attention.
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One thing we also never use is puppy food, IMO it has far too much protien and makes pups very excitable and energetic making them want to walk miles. Adult food has suited all ours from an early age and makes them much better able to concetrate on learning.
Some of the puppies we have at training classes are hyperactive at first through excitement of meeting other dogs. Next week the owner takes them for a long walk before classes in the hope of getting rid of "excess energy" so they will behave better in class. Makes no diference as the puppies are still raring to go ~ in fact they're already hyped up from the walk & take even longer to settle. We usually recommend that they do some of training exercises before they come to class, then give the pup a breather for half hour or so, then come to classes. The puppies settle much more quickly & the training is still fresh in their minds from the session they had before.
Most owners report that their puppies are exhausted after training classes ~ not surprising as they've had to concentrate & learn new things which can be very tiring. They then need a good sleep afterwards so that their brains can process all the new information & their memories can function properly.
on a side note to this, puppy food after about 5 months of age with our collie pup made him utterly utterly loose, switch to adult food calmed him down a lot & his stool returned to normal
could this have been linked to the amount of protein?
a breeder we know of whwt's said to take him off any milk we had him on (which he wasn't on any) as he could have been getting too much protein from that
as for walking, it's never tired our pup out
off the lead play hasn't either, but we did avoid over exercising him just in case, these ideas have to have come from somewhere, not that i've heard any horror stories
I am sure if you take OFF the minutes stood chatting to people about how cute your puppy is the walk would have been about 12.5 minutes LOL.
Yes walking a puppy is a great pastime.
Dont over walk the pup though too much as it can cause problems especially with a labrador type dog.
You just have to use your common sense.
When you put it into perspective I bet your pup runs around the house for more than 45 minutes every day LOL, chasing, investigating etc.
I have never had problems with walking pups either, as long as they have good diets etc should be ok.
(ps. I know i go on about this, but make sure puppy is MICROCHIPPED, and tagged. So many get off leads and run away and dont have ID).
We did notice that after a long walk she got badly behaved and over-excited (presumably from being over-tired) and have cut back accordingly
ive been training people now for almost 15 years, and i see so many people who dont teach the basics and end up with unruly big teenage dogs, so really good to get them out and about and doing something to keep them busy...
People socialisation is going fine, she must meet 10 new people a day! It will be good for her to meet other puppies though as we mostly meet older dogs when out.