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It's crazy, because Gonzo is 5 1/2 years old (!!!!) and he's still much more active than Fozzie, who isn't even 1 year old. It just shows their difference in breeds. After Gonzo, Fozzie seems waaay too easy! I'm so, so grateful that they tire each other out and play through out the day. I think playing is the best exercise a dog can get, after seeing the changes in Gonzo. He is soooo much more svelte and lean and in shape, even more so than when I used to exercise him intensely for HOURS at the park & in the backyard.
Gonzo:
2 long walks, daily.
5-mile run 3 days a week.
1+ hours of intense fetching/obedience/frizbee/play exercise at the park, daily.
2-3 hours of play in the backyard with Fozzie, daily.
Fozzie:
1 long walk, daily.
5, 1-hour trips to the dog park, per week.
1+ hours of intense fetching/obedience/frizbee/play exercise at the park, daily.
2-3 hours of play in the backyard with Gonzo, daily.
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I take them to the dogpark at least 4-5 times a week. they love to run loose out there. We stay till they sit by the fence to show me they're done. If it's muddy I take them for a couple spins areound the park in town on the paved pathway. plus some fetch/chase & wrestle time every evening.
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Zoee gets the run of a large backyard. She chases the squirrels back and forth that run along the fence and along the phone cables above the fence. Bruce plays frisbee, or I play fetch with her. (we sometimes also play fetch up and down the hallway, if the weather is too icky) On weekends, and more often when the weather gets warmer, we go for a walk around the park behind our house.
Then when she goes to my brothers house she gets to run around with Boo on a 5 acre lot!
I thought she wasn't getting enough exercise...but looking at what I just wrote, I think she is just fine. LOL
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They work in harness, in a team or skijoring. The team is well over 200km in January.
They go for walks, they come skiing with me, they run on a Springer beside my bike in the summer, they go swimming occasionally.
They have four fenced acres to run around in as much as they want....a tired husky is a good husky!
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Everyone goes to the park pretty much every day unless we have something else planned. All get to run off lead, 'hunt', swim if they want, and chase one another. We also have Flyball twice a week, Saturday mornings and Tuesday nights... they get to run free with their team mates afterwards.
I also do individual training to exercise their brains, and Clover gets on lead walks by herself a couple of nights a week.
Ohh and we go to the dog beach quite a bit, even though it is an hour and a half drive away from home ;). They also have a huge yard to do what ever they want in.
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I excersize my two by walks, and playing ball in the backyard!
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Brock goes to the dog park for over an hour 5 days a week to play with other dogs, run, chase, SNIFF, roll in the grass, dig, chase birds, hunt for critters (in the spring/summer when the grass is tall and they are active), play fetch, swim, etc etc, and the other 2 days I take him for an off leash walk/play fetch for 30-45 mins. He also has Alki and whichever dogs are boarding with me at the time to play with if he wants- though hes really calm in the house and doesnt do much playing.
Alki plays fetch for as long as it takes to wear her out, usually around a half hour, almost every day, plays with Brock and my boarding dogs multiple times a day, and goes to the dog park for over an hour once a week. She needs much less activity than Brock.
We also go on walks to different places and hikes often, and visit friends houses, go for rides in the car, etc etc to keep them socialized. In the summer they both go swimming almost everyday, and Brock almost everyday in the spring and fall. And of course they do lots of drive lowering activities at home- tug, "find it", digging, TONS of chewing, disecting, and scavenging.
