How Much Exercise Does Your Dog Need?

An important part of owning a dog is making sure they get enough exercise. The right amount of exercise, with the right nutrition can make sure your dog lives a long and healthy life. There are many fun ways to exercise your dog, even if you live in an apartment or an area that doesn't have a lot of outdoor opportunities. This is where Wagging Tails WI LLC comes in handy.

The general rule for most dog breeds is that they should have 30 to 60 minutes of exercise every day. Some active breeds, such as border collies or herding breed dogs, may need as much as two hours of exercise every day.

Fun Facts

The old rule -- multiplying a dog's age by 7 to find the equivalent human age -- is fallacious. A dog is able to reproduce at 1 year and has reached full growth by 2 years. To calculate a dog's age in human terms, count the first year at 15, the second year as 10, and each year after that as 5.

If a dog tolerates gentle handling between its toes, it probably is suited for children.

Figure on 1 pound of dry dog food for every 30 pounds of dogs.

In a suburb of medium density, a dog's bark can be heard in 200 surrounding houses -- or by 800 people.

Anything over 45 minutes seems like forever to your dog. You will be greeted as enthusiastically coming back from a two-hour shopping trip as you will coming back from a two-day vacation.

Dogs need exercise. Dogs have appendages called legs. As a matter of fact, they have 4 of them! Dogs need to exercise these legs by walking, running or just being able to move about freely from time to time. If dogs are always caged or tied to a chain, it makes this very hard and hurts the dog. Hurt dogs are not happy dogs.

Dogs feel pain. Dogs are sensitive and feel all sorts of sensations, such as pain, pleasure, heat, cold and everything in between. In many ways, they are just like us. Most of us don’t like to be in the snow, naked and hungry with a tight chain around our necks. It is common for dogs to feel the same way about sensations.

Dogs need people. Dogs speak a language other than English. In fact, they do not speak any language known to man, as of yet. Therefore, dogs need people to care for them, provide for them and give them a voice when they need to be heard. If a dog is in pain, he’ll let you know, but it is up to you to do something about it.

And dogs do make noise. They bark, whimper, whine and cry, especially when left unattended. Therefore, be prepared to hear noises from your dog; they are not silent creatures.

*The information above is for most dogs, but remember every dog is different.

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