How often do you walk your dog?

[wolf_Q]

I used to walk Nebo every day but I'll admit I rather suck at this lately. We have a large back yard and he runs like a wild animal in it all the time, but I know its not enough...he needs more walks.

I guess Reggie does too, everyone in my house thinks he looks fat (except me)...but he has some issues with his deformed leg and he always limps after an even short walk (on a leash). Smokey sleeps all day. lol.

Anyway, just a poll to see how often you walk your dog. :)

p.s. You would think Nebo runs a 10 mile race every day by the way he lays around on his new bed....The Oversized Lap Dog...hehe

[Cookiebaker]

Before I started working, I took Malone EVERY day for a long walk down the nature trail next to our house--it's approximately 1.25 miles one way). However now that I leave in the dark, and come home in the dark it's really hard to get inspired to walk in the woods in pitch black. So now, Malone gets a walk about 2 or 3 times a week with Mark in the morning after I leave, and we play with him for an hour or two in th evening. Running up & downstairs chasing Hedgie, the hedgehog, really wears him out!! :p :rolleyes: And every weekend, we make a real effort not only to take him for a couple of nice long walks, but to also play frisbee and run around the yard for a couple of hours.

[DoggiesAreTheBest]

Draker goes on a 6 miles run every morning regardless if he is with me or Andrew. Then he gets a 15 minute walk at lunch time, and 1 1hr. walk in the evening. It takes that much for him to get tired!!

[ParNone]

I was taking Murph and Oz for an hour walk every night, until
Murph hurt his knee. He lives to go walking so he can pee
on every tree or bush or blade of grass we pass. He looked
so depressed if I took Oz without him. He'd press his lil' nose
against the window looking at us with a forlorn look. So I only
take Oz a couple of times a week now and then just play frisbee
with him the other days. Once Murph's knee is fixed, we'll go
back to once a day again.

[bnormal]

DoggiesAreTheBest, I was exhausted reading your response...LOL!

I usually walk Callihan 4~5 times a week...Mitchell on the other hand is going to be put through obediance training before his walks start.

[Tina]

Usually I take my dogs for a walk once a day. But I've gotten kinda lazy about that. I need to start again. They do walk with me to the mail box everyday which is at the end of my driveway and they have a pretty big yard to play. I try my best to walk some on the weekend and play with them. They love to chase my around specially if it snows.

[CountryWolf07]

I used to walk Anna/Rosie all the time.. but now it's limited.. so.. once a week.

[Logan]

According to Honey and Lilly, NOT OFTEN ENOUGH!!! LOL!!! They love to walk!!!! I do get Honey out at least once per day since she has not been given full run of the yard at this new house due to her frequent escapes.

[Dixieland Dancer]

I walk Dixie and Dusty about 2 to 3 times a week. Actually it is more like walking myself and them running! We walk in the woods behind our house or at the dog park where they can go off leash.

I play frisbee with them a couple times a day for at least 1/2 hour which is what they need to expend their energy! I don't do much other than throw the frisbee and wait for them to bring it back. :rolleyes: Anybody out there want to walk me daily? LOL ;) I must admit.... We do better in the summer when it stays lighter longer! :cool:

[DoggiesAreTheBest]

bnormal, it take that much exercise and more to wear him out. He also plays ball daily and swims every day in the summer. On weekends, he runs while we mountain bike for over 10 miles and we go hiking very often. If he doesn't get his exercise, he gets into everything and will keep us up all night. His need for exercise keeps me in shape and motivated :)

[Leiloo]

Mornings, I take Leiloo for a 2 hour walk with a neighbor and her lab. Around 2:30 - 3:00 we go to the dog park until 5:00. Before going to bed she gets a half hour to an hour walk depending on how tired we both are. She also goes swimming at least once a day for an hour. I'm an active person and need an active dog. We start flyball tomorrow too :D

[Tanya&Fritz]

Originally posted by DoggiesAreTheBest
Draker goes on a 6 miles run every morning regardless if he is with me or Andrew.

I would die. After about half a mile, I think my heart would just stop :D

[Glacier]

In the summer I walk or bike every night and generally take two or three trips--so between 5-8 of them get walked. In the winter, we run them in the sled team three times a week and i skijor with those who won't run in the team three times a week.

Now we have so many dogs that their personalities come into play as well...Bandit likes to go with Sleet, Sleet likes to go with Preacher (he won't make her wrestle) Earle can go with anyone, anytime so he probably gets the most walks of anyone. Kayleigh is dog aggressive with dogs she doesn't know, so she goes with Earle or Hoodoo and WAY back in the bush where we won't see anyone. Antare needs a confident dog or he's too scared to walk. I can't catch Delta so unfortunately he never gets walked. I hope that will change soon. Goldie HATES to leave the yard. She will not walk on leash past the end of the driveway, but sometimes goes for runs if I drive down to the trailhead. Silly dog! More than three at a time is pure chaos! It's getting very complicated to walk 14 dogs!! LOL

[RubyMutt]

We try to walk Ruby at least once a day, but sometimes we are too exhausted after we get off work (we being my parents and myself). My great-aunt is always home so Ruby gets plenty of play time during the day. She also spends much of her time chasing squirrels and birds in the back yard. She always gets to go one at least 3 walks during the work week, then on weekends we go to the dog park, the beach, etc. etc. etc... Ruby loves the weekends. :) My boyfriend is quite the runner (just like Ruby) so sometimes he takes her on long runs. She loves that!! Ruby LOVES to run... especially with other dogs. So she gets a lot of running in on the weekends, aside from spending most of her free time chasing backyard intruders during the week.

Okay... I'm babbeling :rolleyes:

[Kfamr]

Simba normally gets walked when Honey comes over.... I dunno it's fun with two dogs plus he's MUCH more energized when she comes over.... Normally he can hardly go for once around the block by ourselves. See! Simba needs a puppy in his life:p

[Aspen and Misty]

Me and Chewy usued to roller balde for a half hour 3 times a day. That way he could run. But my roller baldes broke.

So now, we walk 4 or 5 times a day. We walk from 4 to 6 in the morning (doing my bro's paper route), if were not doing the paper route then we get up at 5:30 and walk till 7. Then when I come home from school we usually go for an hour to two hour walk. After dinner we go for another walk but its only like 45 mins. Then before we go to bed we go for yet another walk :rolleyes: . But hey, I've lost wieght :D so I think we will keep this schedule for awile ;)

Ash

[Aspen and Misty]

Originally posted by DoggiesAreTheBest
If he doesn't get his exercise, he gets into everything and will keep us up all night. His need for exercise keeps me in shape and motivated :)

Same here, Chewy gets bored if he doesn't go for awalks and acctually will tear around the house, jump on furniture, Rip things apart, or run towards people, jump up at them, and try to bite there hands, he thinks its fun :mad: so On lots of walks we go, LOL.

Ash

[anna_66]

I admit it, I suck at taking the dogs for walks in the winter. I hate the cold and hate to go out in it. But I feel kind of lucky that Huney came into our lives, as now her and Roxey go out and play for hours on end, then take a nap, and then start all over again!
In the summer I am much better, it is lighter longer (this 5:00 getting dark stuff is for the birds!) so we go for walks and bikeriding. I've tried to get Roxey to walk on the treadmill:eek: but you can imagine how that works out!
I can't wait for warmer weather!

[Cookiebaker]

Originally posted by anna_66

In the summer I am much better, it is lighter longer (this 5:00 getting dark stuff is for the birds!) so we go for walks and bikeriding....I can't wait for warmer weather!

Mmmmmmmm I *so* agree with this statement. I was especially feeling it today for some reason...my office is in the back of the building, and the only time I ever see daylight these days is for 2 minutes when I go out to get my lunch from my car in the middle of the day. Hopefully this weekend will be nice and I can spend some time outdoors 'cause I really need it!!

[primabella]

we don't walk mickey much because he's so small and our yard is enough for him. we've taken him out 2 and both times, he didn't get very far. he doesn't like the leash :rolleyes: once, he gets older, i'm going to be taking him out more often.

[Twisterdog]

Well, I voted "When I get a chance" ... because that's just the way it is around this crazy zoo! :rolleyes:

Most of the time, when I "walk" the dogs, I load them all up in the van, drive out into the prairie, and let them all run amok for about an hour, then load them up and drive them home. That way, I walk a couple miles, and they get to run about twenty miles!

In the summer, we walk one at a time on a leash, just to get out of the house and take a walk. But as far as real doggie exercise, that's really hard to do with eleven dogs one at a time!

[Adge Gibbs]

We run at 5AM, then go for a last walk just to make sure he did all of his business right before I leave for work at 6AM.

We go for a short walk when I get home and then a really long run at the park between 10 and 11 PM.

So I guess that's 4x a day.

[*LabLoverKEB*]

I try to walk Sadie at least once a day! I also play with her in the backyard a lot, too!:) ;)

[manda99]

I used to walk Smokey a few times a week but since I got a Halti for him we run & walk every day! Yay!
We've been going about 2 miles a day... 1/2 running , 1/2 walking.

Of course, this is in San Diego. We move to NYC in 17 days.
I did buy him a nice little winter coat today, though, so maybe if we can both stay warm enough we'll keep up the daily outings.

[AmylovesMisty]

Misty has 1-2 miles walks at 6am and 1-2 pm! Then we just let her out in the fron yard at 7:00 pm and she does her business!!

[slleipnir]

I don't always have time with school and such, but they still get out almost everyday. When I get time myself I take them to our cottage or the dog park for a run which they long and burns a lot of energy..A walk around the block doesn't seem to do it for them..We also have a fenced yard which the dogs do a lot of running in when they're playing :]

[-Panther-]

We go for one long walk ( about 1-2 hours), and then a couple of shorter 30 minute walks :)
Depends of the day, someday we go to forest walks, running to the fields or playing with other dogs.
And once a week we have obedience class, but thats not really walking :D

At spring I'm really hoping we could start agility.