Do you walk your dogs?

[SaveThePoundDogs]

Do you walk your dogs? If you do, how often? If you don't, how do they get their exercise?

No, I don't walk my dogs, lucky for me, I have 6 acres and a big lake right behind my house. The dogs keep busy chasing eachother and playing, swimming and chasing the ball, catching frisbees, etc. We live where there are no public places, neighbors, etc. for miles so we can't walk to the sidewalk and just go for a walk like some people can The dogs get to take turns going to the dog park, cause I only take four at a time, and every other weekend I take one dog for a jog, we drive down to a trail and jog for an hour. The dogs also get turns for this.

[Chilli]

Yep, all three of our dogs get walked everyday.. usually twice a day. If there is an odd day that makes so that we don't have time to actually walk them then we let them out back(all of our backyard is fenced in) and play fetch for awhile throughout the day.

[binka_nugget]

I don't walk them regularly. The reason for this is because Kai is so afraid of noise, people and traffic, that he can slip out of the tightest harnesses, collars, martingales, etc. He will stop on all fours and be dragged rather than walk. I've been working on this with him and we've made some huge progress in the past year but unfortunately, I can't walk him for more than a couple blocks before he freaks out.

Kaedyn is fear aggressive. We haven't been able to pinpoint it. He lunges randomly. It's odd because in a large crowd, or store, he's great. If he sees someone approaching him, he will always give attention. Sometimes he'll growl, sometimes he won't.

A walk doesn't phase Keeva. She needs to run offleash daily or she's a nutcase.

I take them to the dog park everyday unless it's bad weather. This way Keeva gets to burn her energy, and Kai and Kaedyn get some socialization while still exercising.

[IRescue452]

I walk Autumn in the morning a block or two before work. Then both in the afternoon. Other than that, we have a 12 acre dog park a mile in one direction from our house, and another dog park just as big in the other direction a good 2 miles.

[Giselle]

Usually. If Ivy doesn't get walked, she gets taken to either the dog park or the trails or the oh-so-handy treadmill

She also gets a long fetch session tossed in there and a couple short obedience/agility training sessions everyday. I'm really proud of how far we've come =)

ETA: Oh yeah, Giselle tags along haha!

[slleipnir]

I try to walk mine everyday. I live in town so I can't let them run around the yard.

[lute]

Yes, everyday! Rain or shine!