Guest AllenM Posted August 21, 2009 Report Share Posted August 21, 2009 Hi everyone, many of you may know we are picking up our new furbaby on wednesday and i wanted to know if anyone had any advice on how much exercise is correct for a puppy of 10 weeks old. As you know we recently lost our precious girl mya and since then cant help thinking maybe we did something wrong.( we know we didnt) but still its some thing we want to make sure of. We really are just trying to tick all the boxes this time in every way possible. so your advice and hints will be greatly appreciated. Allen. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
valkyries Posted August 21, 2009 Report Share Posted August 21, 2009 hi Allen i know when we got Odin i was advices at 5 mins for every month of age, i admit if it was not to hot or he was enjoying him self we did do a little more but we just went with him but never to muc. all will go well well when you get your lil one, best of luck, and lots of pics when u do get him/her xxxx Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
raindog Posted August 21, 2009 Report Share Posted August 21, 2009 At 10 weeks the only exercise they need is what they give themselves. They will run around until they fall over. Sleep till they are refreshed and then do it all over again. When they have had both vaccinations and are OK to go outside, you can go by the "five minute" rule - ie 5 minutes of onlead exercise for every month of age per day. So, a 3 month old puppy will need only 15 minutes onlead exercise a day. By the time they are fully grown (12 months+) they will take whatever exercise you can give them. We rarely walk our pups onlead until they are 6 months old as they get so much natural exercise from playing with themselves, us and the other dogs. Mick Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
lynnmw1208 Posted August 21, 2009 Report Share Posted August 21, 2009 Yeah when Pongo was that old just running around playing with this toys for 5 minutes tuckered him out. Awe I miss that already. Now he's 3 months old and he can go for about a 15 minute walk before he wants to go home Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Alex T Posted August 21, 2009 Report Share Posted August 21, 2009 Great reply Mick - rep added! Ive got nothing else to add to what has already been said! Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
siberian_wolf Posted August 21, 2009 Report Share Posted August 21, 2009 I totally agree with Mick puppies around that age will just constantly run about playing until the cows come home or just until they decide a nap and then its a quick sleep and off again lol For walks the 5 miute rule (as already explained so won't bether going through it all again) seems to work best for everyone. I will be honest and say I hadn't heard of it when I had Gizmo and just had to do guess work! There was only once when he had a very long walk one day when I was so stressed out I just kept walking, poor Gizmo was shattered and slept for ages and I felt so guilty! We did stick to the 5 minute rule alot better with Marley and Bandit, even though we still never knew about it, and now all 3 of them have a walk and they understand that is what they get and just keep going until we get back home and they will lie down and sleep then. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Guest AllenM Posted August 21, 2009 Report Share Posted August 21, 2009 ok thats great thx everyone :-) Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Sarah Posted August 21, 2009 Report Share Posted August 21, 2009 how did it go allen? Nix sent me a pic of her!!! wow she is GORGEOUS!!!!!!!!!!!!! Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Alex T Posted August 21, 2009 Report Share Posted August 21, 2009 Pic - what pic - they def need sharing! Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Sarah Posted August 21, 2009 Report Share Posted August 21, 2009 nix text it to me - she's going to post them on here in a bit when she gets back from walking the dogs Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Alex T Posted August 21, 2009 Report Share Posted August 21, 2009 Cool - as you knwo Sarah we are picture mad! Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
BingBlaze n Skyla Posted August 21, 2009 Report Share Posted August 21, 2009 pics r uploaded - great advice every1 - allen as u no blaze goes out for about an hour a day he always has done since we got him (didnt no bout the 5 min rule then) Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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