Puppy Exercise

[killerz298]

How old is your puppy?

What breed is your puppy?

How much exercise does he get a day? (time outside spent walking, running, jogging, etc...)

[dogsarebetter]

Ruckus is a bit over six months
Sheltie
5 hours outside playing with other dogs
20 minutes to 45 minute walk daily

[suzanne118]

Buddy is a 5 month old cavalier king charles spaniel about 1 hour a day in the park

[missbeckydee]

Jester is a 10 month old lab puppy...

He plays with his buddy for 5 hours a day, 3 times a week plus a 45-minute walk before dinner. On the 2 days that Fiona does not come over, he usually gets 3-5 sessions with the ball and 2 45-minutes walks.

[Tracer Tong]

Java is a threeish month old mutt.

He doesn't get enough exercise. But we're working on that because its one of those joys in life to tire out a puppy.

[Amalthea]

Moro is one year and one month old
she is a wolf/GSD mix (I think... I'm not sure the person I got her from was telling the truth about what mix and % of wolf she is, she may have a different dog mixed in there somewhere)
She gets a 2-hour walk/jog daily, runs with my husband on rollerblades once or twice a week, and about 4-5 hours daily playing in the backyard with our other dog, unless it's raining a lot or bad weather

Midas is 6 months old
yellow lab
He gets the 4-5 hours outside in the yard with Moro, and takes a shorter walk seperate from her, usually about half an hour, or more if he's enjoying it. He's a little less eager to go off exploring the world than she is, and likes to return home faster and stay in familiar areas near the house when we walk.

[dogstarsleddogs]

My pups (Nova, Sierra, Cheyenne, and Gremlin) are 4.5 month old Husky pups, and play with each other in the kennel for about 2 hours a day, and free run for about 1.5 hours. (45 mins in morning, 45 mins in afternoon).

[Sonoma_in_CT]

Sonoma is ~6 months

She is a Boxer/Whippet mix (we think!)

30-60 minutes at the beach (usually with many other dogs) as many days a week as possible and at least a good 30 minute walk too. Two long walks if we don't make it to the beach. She also has a large fenced in yard that she has full run of a few times per day (weather permitting).

[Dizzy]

The say that a puppy should get 5 mins walking for every month of it's life (not including indoor playtime)... And should not attempt stairs, jumping etc etc.

This is to allow the soft bones in the legs to develop properly.

Follow this up till about 1 year of age - probably more like 2 years with large breed dogs.

I have to say, I probably went over this with Bodhi when she was a pup, though I did try and limit her walks as much as I could....

Now, she is 1 year, and we get no set time for walks... I would say we average about 2 hours per day... And usually more if we can... Sometimes less!!

[Tracer Tong]

Java now gets about 45 minutes of walking on most days. That seems to tire him out nicely.

How much is a lot of jumping and climbing? Is climbing up onto a log a few times a day too much? One of the funnest parts of our daily walk is jumping/climbing up onto a log and walking up and down it lenghtwise a few times. We've even gone on to going up into the air and changing logs off the ground.