[Poohbear]

6 Dogs??????

[sheplovr]

My Shepherds are left out every morning to run freely on some 5 acreas here. They are put in at night for safety reasons, feedings, etc. They get plenty of daily exercise and wormed monthly and fed the best I can find in dry kibble along with Bil Jac frozen meat.

[JeannieDS]

You know its amazing how the "walk" has become a focus in mine and my husbands life. We have always had great dogs but our kids were our focus. Now that the kids are grown we have this new dog (for two years now) and we have really focused on training him. If we had him when the kids were little we would not have been able to keep him, he has many issues!!:!:
So of course we have learned how important the "walk" is. We both work nights but he gets home around 4a.m. and me around 7 a.m. So the poor dog has had to learn to be nocturnal. When we get up we each take him walking. Sometimes weather and time interfere but at least one of us walks him daily for about an hour. It is funny though at what a focus it has become for us, the kids are jealous and say we didn't do that much for them, (they grew up with us working nights). With winter and dark coming by 5p.m. I will set the alarm even for 3:30 in the afternoon and suck down a couple cups of coffee and a smoke to be out the door by 4 to get in a walk before dark. (Our area is way to dark, no streetlights in the country).
Anyway, the walk is the center of our lives now, lol.

[shelley023]

Ours get a 2 hr free run in the bush everyday, they also have 5 acres of fenced in property to run in, somehow, they prefer to be inside wih us. When weather and time permit they get walked at night also.

[Ecool]

Originally Posted by Snoopy

I suppose the frequency of walking your dog depends on a number of factors such as time available, type of dog, availability of places to go..etc

However I wondered how often people walked their dogs - twice a day? More or less ?

I walk my dog usally in the morning and night, if he has 2 go out then i walk him or put him on his on his dog line

[cougarfan06]

I walk my dog everyday at 5pm with my neighbor who has a Bernese Mtn. We walk about 30 mins. When I have time I will walk Sydeny in the mornings when I am not in school.

Okay, so how would you go about convincing my neighbors to walk thier dogs more often? They walk their dogs maybe 1 a month! I have already tried the following: 1. I asked if they wanted me to walk them. They declined 2. They know they should walk them. I have suggested that. 3. They see me walking my dog 4. One of the dogs, jumps the fence.

I know that you can't change people unless they are willing but...

Anyone have any more suggestions? Thanks!

[BestBuddies]

My girls get a long run in the field before I leave for work everyday(in the dark this time of year)...they run sniff out what's been going on out there all night and we play a good game of fetch. Then they are in a large fenced yard while I'm gone (we live waaaaaaaaaaaaaay out in the country). As soon as I get home I take them out for an hours walk. Then they get another field run and game of fetch during chore time (feeding the other critters, packing wood etc.). On the week ends, they get the same plus a morning walk. I love spending time with them. The more the better!