How Far Do You Walk Your Dogs?

[BIGLURKS 874]

 

Too the pub and back the walking back Usally takes a lot longer

 

, I walk about 4 hours over the day, plus the dogs are loose either chasing tree rats lol, or my younger dog will play with other dogs he meets . like last night he was none stop running this collie about for good 5-6 mins , t both were fooked after lol , that's got to have done more good than just stuck on a lead I reckon

aye comes in handy when dogs get along wish myne would he can be a right spiteful git some days yet with some dogs as good as gold

[buster gonads 862]

I dont think walking alone can keep a dog fit, only work does that, but at this time of year i walk the dogs to the pond and let them retreave from the water a couple of times a day, only 30 mins or so, its the best i can do with work and other things.

[neems 2,406]

I dont think walking alone can keep a dog fit, only work does that, but at this time of year i walk the dogs to the pond and let them retreave from the water a couple of times a day, only 30 mins or so, its the best i can do with work and other things.

 

I'd say the opposite,whenever i need to get a dog fit i build everything around long on lead walks.

 

running off lead and biking are just extras.

[nans pat 2,575]

they need hunted fit.imo.few good hunts early on you can see the difference,

[slipper 116]

ok chaps but the only thing I am worried about is letting her hunt when she's not fit, I mean she's fit but not toned up yet so I'll just try her on a few young rabbits and see how she goes

[mushroom 12,392]

A bloody lot and it doesn't calm the cnut down. On Friday I did 12km on the skates with him. Now I tend to take it easy heat/joints etc but he was just way fired up and we ended up doing it in under an hour including water breaks. Take him for min 2 hours everyday to the park/river/beach etc one in the morning and one after work. Plus if I'm not working he is with me no matter where I am. Bars/friends/women don't like it they can kiss my plums

[cocker 2,654]

3 miles in a morning 3 miles on a night

[buster gonads 862]

they need hunted fit.imo.few good hunts early on you can see the difference,

 

 

I dont think walking alone can keep a dog fit, only work does that, but at this time of year i walk the dogs to the pond and let them retreave from the water a couple of times a day, only 30 mins or so, its the best i can do with work and other things.

 

I'd say the opposite,whenever i need to get a dog fit i build everything around long on lead walks.

 

running off lead and biking are just extras.

 

 

I,v never walked a dog fit Neems, i dont think you can, and i,v had some good Hare dogs in the past, not Saluki blood either, i,v just increased their work load as and when. I know alot of Greyhound men walk their dog's to their standard of fitness but thats not fit enough for a good working dog, not imo anyway.

PS, Listen at me with my Beddy X Whippet LOL.

Edited June 10, 2015 by buster gonads

[Bosun11 537]

Every morning i walk my dogs for 5 miles 2 hours before i get up.

Then after breakfast we do 2 miles swimming down the cut.

A brisk 2 mile jog after a light lunch.

10 mile next to the motor mid afternoon to blow away the cobwebs.

Then we round it off with flyball, lure chasing and 2 hours on the slat mill in the evening.

At weekends we do the 3 peaks challenge Saturdays and a Toughmudder Sundays where we can.

And we do this every week religious..!

[peterhunter86 8,627]

Every morning i walk my dogs for 5 miles 2 hours before i get up.

Then after breakfast we do 2 miles swimming down the cut.

A brisk 2 mile jog after a light lunch.

10 mile next to the motor mid afternoon to blow away the cobwebs.

Then we round it off with flyball, lure chasing and 2 hours on the slat mill in the evening.

At weekends we do the 3 peaks challenge Saturdays and a Toughmudder Sundays where we can.

And we do this every week religious..!

 

Is that all you do your dog must get board

[neems 2,406]

 

they need hunted fit.imo.few good hunts early on you can see the difference,

 

 

I dont think walking alone can keep a dog fit, only work does that, but at this time of year i walk the dogs to the pond and let them retreave from the water a couple of times a day, only 30 mins or so, its the best i can do with work and other things.

 

I'd say the opposite,whenever i need to get a dog fit i build everything around long on lead walks.

 

running off lead and biking are just extras.

 

 

I,v never walked a dog fit Neems, i dont think you can, and i,v had some good Hare dogs in the past, not Saluki blood either, i,v just increased their work load as and when. I know alot of Greyhound men walk their dog's to their standard of fitness but thats not fit enough for a good working dog, not imo anyway.

PS, Listen at me with my Beddy X Whippet LOL.

 

 

thats fair enough mate,i used to try everything other than walking because it gets boring,but have found really long walks,a bit of free running and a bit next to the bike get them a lot fitter.

 

Im talking building into 10+ miles a day.

[Guest vin]

Sometimes its not so much as how far you walk them...But how you walk them.

 

walking at your own slow steady pace and wandering around aimlessly for a few miles is not as good as a light steady brisk walk where the dog is striding but not jogging/trotting..

 

for this I prefer the pushbike..but its hard to go slow enough sometimes..

 

Then when there getting fitter i go longer and speed up and down at certain points etc etc... this time of year its best late at night or very early morning before the sun gets too hot.

 

[malc1 544]

I've got a goped I use but I've got to do the clutch in it

[bird 9,594]

Sometimes its not so much as how far you walk them...But how you walk them.

 

walking at your own slow steady pace and wandering around aimlessly for a few miles is not as good as a light steady brisk walk where the dog is striding but not jogging/trotting..

 

for this I prefer the pushbike..but its hard to go slow enough sometimes..

 

Then when there getting fitter i go longer and speed up and down at certain points etc etc... this time of year its best late at night or very early morning before the sun gets too hot.

 

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bloody hell vin, seen bike like that in the Easy Rider movie I be doing bike with Buck in mid july - mid august , prob about 20 mile a week, just to open his lungs up a bit . your right on the speed, what to give him is what called the (riding trot) not galloping / not walking just in between the 2 . a month of this and dog ready for bit of lamping, but lamping is the only way really to get them proper fit I reckon

[Tozer 385]

I think it is right above,it's not how far, but you do it. I could walk my dogs 3-5 miles on a lead and they'll still do my head in wrestling/play fighting, but 30 minutes in a field with scent/game and some stimulation in it and they are calmer, I think they need stimulating. I have a few walks worked out based on how much I can be bothered. Usually something for a sprint or grub about, I'll sit an watch and let them work a hedgerow sometimes, not that I could catch anything

 

Not that this counts towards fitness I guess.