Hi,

We got charlie last friday he's six months old, he good on his lead, but how much exersise should he have, currently we take him out half an hour in morning, an hour when karen o/h comes home and then another half hour in the evening, he's not a working dog, but we like to be active.

Thanks

j.j.

Hi. we were advised 5mins of exercise for every month of age, twice a day. so six months should be 30 mins. we found that this wasn't enough with our boys at that age so had more shorter training sessions and play time to use up there energy. Ours did a lot of napping between and if they had ever had enough woody would just lie down and not move! I think you have to find a balance that works for all and be careful not to damage joints from too much exercise but easier said than done with a wcs.

Take care

cam.

Some people say the 5 mins per month rule is more applicable to larger breeds but I tend to stick to it even for the smaller dogs like cockers and terriers. 

Poppy is coming up to nine months and will only have around 40-45 mins of exercise at a time, sometimes once a day some times twice. Inbetween we do short bursts of training and or/play. Today, for a change, we went to the local garden centre to practise sits and heeling in the face of temptation and distraction.

Also (you may have already have done this) I find a big raw knuckle bone or stagbar will keep mine happily amused for over an hour at a time and afterwards they are happy to settle down for a good long nap.

I'm sure they would all happily walk and run for hours at a time if allowed but I don't think it's good for young dogs.

Sharon

I would encourage you to stick to the 5 mins rule ..our young pup used to want more than that , at 8 months he started having pain when crouching which got wores and worse. At 14 months he was diagnosed with hip displacia which our vet has said is mainly due to his genetics but I cannot help thinking a little of it was because he ran so hard. Unfortunately we lost him in an accident shortly after his diagnosis but the vet has said he would probably have needed hip replacements in 12 month time. I do not want to scare you but would encourage you to look after Charlie's hips.

Jo

sorry you lost your pup,

cam

Jo at October 11, 2011 at 2:40 PM

I would encourage you to stick to the 5 mins rule ..our young pup used to want more than that , at 8 months he started having pain when crouching which got wores and worse. At 14 months he was diagnosed with hip displacia which our vet has said is mainly due to his genetics but I cannot help thinking a little of it was because he ran so hard. Unfortunately we lost him in an accident shortly after his diagnosis but the vet has said he would probably have needed hip replacements in 12 month time. I do not want to scare you but would encourage you to look after Charlie's hips.

 

Jo

Hi,

Really sorry to hear about your pup, we're trying with  1/2 to 3/4 of an hour twice a day, getting down the beach, then he comes back and plays with the rabbit, charlie thinks velvet is a dog, comical to watch, a rabbit spining around to chace a dog, Is it normal for pup's to be scared of people, as he was the last of the litter, he hasn't been socalised around people, he tries to run and hide, any advise, may have to get some help if he doesn't snap out of it.

thanks

jeremy

I look on brainwork training as being more important than allowing a young pup to free run.