Anecdotally, when our previous dog passed away, mine and my wife's health declined significantly because we weren't walking regularly. This continued for a year

Anecdotally, when our previous dog passed away, mine and my wife's health declined significantly because we weren't walking regularly. This continued for a year, until we got our new pup, and now we're walking again. Unfortunately my wife has hypermobile ehlers-danlos syndrome (HEDS) and her connective tissue is very weak, so the lack of exercise affected her hugely. With the dog, I walk for at least an hour a day, but maybe 20 minutes of that is brisk.