Exercise

[Liz]

I was just curious as to how much exercise your dogs get every day?

Benjy gets about 1 1/2 - 2 hours per day. This is split into two or three shorter walks depending on my health.

One of my neighbour's dogs doesn't get any walks and this really annoys me. Another one only walks her collie and spaniel for about 1/2 hr per day. No wonder they are hyper!!!

[Leanne]

The amount mine gets varies but they are lurchers and they run and run. They get very little on-lead walks as it's exercise and fun time. They do walk very well on the lead and when they are on the lead it is for function so I don't allow sniffing, pulling or dawdling.

They get a minimum of half an hour off lead time - which is probably equivalent to about 2-3 hours on-lead walking. Some days though we can be out for 2-3 hours offlead. One thing I always do though is feed according to workload - if they have less of a walk then they get a handful less tea. If they get a really good walk then they get a bit extra

[cuddlepop]

If we're working they get half an hour in the morning and about an hour in the evening.

When its nice we're out all day with them.
Having two dogs too they tend to play toghether in the back garden and come in exhausted from all the play fighting.

It annoys me too Liz that some dogs just dont get walked.

Each to their own though.

[teenybash]

My old dear now just dawdles at her own pace, but can still go for a lop when the mood takes her....old lurchers never die, they only fade away..
The young fella is still walked on the leash, except when at the beach. He is still learnering hens are not for chasing and plucking and horsey things don't like being chased either.....and they can kick. But at less than a year old I think it is probably better to let his bones and muscles strengthen and not over do........but being a lurcher....he excercises himself.

[cazmanian_minx]

Our two springers get 30-45 minutes twice a day - but one is 11 and the other, although only 6, has osteo-arthritis in both hind legs and the vets have advised us not to overdo it. We've found that if we can tire out their noses, they're happy to chill out on the sofa for the rest of the time!

[donnick]

I have two Jack Russell and they get walked twice in the morning totaling about half hr then in the evening they get a run about for about hr but we exercised them with there breed in mind .They love to sniff the verge and long grass ,ditches they are mentally stimulated and well exercised off the lead as they are well behaved .we try to work with there breed and use this in exercise