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That sounds like an excessive amount of exercise for a dog of that size. Have you considered training & more mental activity, all you are doing is making him fi
by bugschivers 13y ago
That sounds like an excessive amount of exercise for a dog of that size. Have you considered training & more mental activity, all you are doing is making him fitter and require longer walks in the long run.
I have a border collie who we joke runs on nuclear, and getting her to do focused activity such as playing with toys or training tricks or basic obedience can be pretty exhausting.
I think that exercise is good, but you shouldn't expect your dog to simply wear out like a battery, if I did that with my BC I would end up walking for 4 hours a day!
- simonbarker87 13y agoHaha, good point. Yes we do all of the mental stuff as well. He is well trained and always has to do something for a reward - dinner won't be served until he does a sit, a down and a 30 second wait in his bed. We play fetch on his morning walk, we play hide the toy/find the toy and lots of tug at home. It's a good point though, I'll do some more searching for other things we can do. We have a trainer who has described him as being the most expressed terrier she has ever come across (lucky us!) and she said the most effective way to absorb his mental and physical energy is to start agility - which we've always wanted to do but he only turned 2 last week and the local club have that as their minimum age.