how many times a day should a dog be walked?
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i have a 5 year old jack russell and i walk her once a day for half an hour, today i mentioned it to someone at college and they said it was cruel and not enoegh exercise! how many times a day do you walk your dogs?
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At the weekends, my Dad takes her out for anything up to three hours, sometimes longer. So she gets a lot of exercise... but I'm not sure that's actually good for her, because she's always tired.
You could walk your Dog perpetually forever and they'd keep going with you all the way. A Walk once a day for half an hour is more than enough really.
Don't listen to the morons saying it's "Cruel." I bet they don't even have a Dog in the first place to even begin to comment.
Think it's time for tea and bed!!!
We have a 4 yr old jack and an 18mth old cross breed.
They have 2 big 30/40 min walks each day and 4 smaller walks.
Me and my OH have had to drastically change our working hrs/routines since we got them:)
I assume she must have access to outdoors anyway, or your house would be full of dog crap...
Tsk tsk, someone's got their mind elsewhere eh!
By contrast a lady we see onour local dog walks has a Westie which gets 10 minutes in the morning and ten minutes at night and seems perfectly happy. it does however wander in and out it's garden for wee's.
As you say, all dogs are different.
There's a hilly field that I can see from my kitchen window, and it's popular with the local doggy persons. Some of them have groups of two or three dogs, and it's great to see the dogs belting up and down the hill using up lots of energy. It looks much more fun for both dogs and owners than a prim and proper walk along a pavement! I should think fifteen minutes of that would use up more canine energy than an hour of more sedate walking!
I know. Our dog training club has a pic of a Westie almost on the top of Ben Nevis. I think the little dogs are hardier than most people give them credit, especially since most were bred as little working dogs.
Whack the ball as far as you can, and get the dog to retrieve it.
Do this 5 or 6 times until the dog is tired, then go home.
I'm sorry to lower the tone of the thread but I thought you all might like to know what I thought:p
Also I can't actually contribute to your thread as I don't own a dog:D:D:D
We had a CKCS and she only needed a quick 20mins in morning and same at night.
We walk for at least 45 mins (yomp, not stroll) first thing in the morning, then we have what I call a 'functional' walk around tea time for about 20 mins - (poop & ball fetching)
All dogs are different. Don't stress about it. If your dog is happy and healthy you must be doing the right thing for her/ him.
I can definitely recommend ball play though. Our dog came to us two years ago, but it was once he'd learned to play that we really had some fun! I try to keep our long walk just walking, but the afternoon one functional and fun!
Blimey - when do you get time to do anything else.
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I have an 18month old dobie and a 4 year old Rottie. Today they haven't been walked beacuse last night they had a 35 minute hill run. They have spent the afternoon pottering in the garden.:)
They get on average of 4 hours walking a week - and they are both in prime condition and are now snoozing happily
TBH the more you walk a dog the more you have to walk it - I made that mistake with the Rottie when she was young and she kept injuring herself so I gradually reduced her 'cardio' exercise time.
If she is also allowed out in the garden for pees and poos regularly then that's fine. Are you sure they understood you ? Maybe they thought that you are only taking her for a toilet once a day
Unofrtunately leg size hadsnothing to do with how much a dog needs to be walked, a dog like a jack russell should at least be having 2 x 30 min walks and some off lead time, terriers need the exercise and stimulation to keep them occupied they were not bred to be lazy.
This depends... most working breeds (especially terriers that are used for hunting, collies that are used for sheep herding) have bounds of energy and lots of stamina, so they 'do' require exercise - though this word is easily misinterpreted, playing with your dog for 20mins is the equivilent of walking it for 1hr, yet a lot of people seem to be under the illusion that walking dogs is the b all and end all, besides... playing with a dog gives it a better cardio workout than walking at a human's pace, get throwing a ball for it for 20-40mins a day and the 30min walk is more than sufficient!!
Totally agree - greyhounds really only need 20 mins in the morning and 20 mins at night as they're sprint dogs/lazy