walkies

Louie can offically go on his walks outside now
He is now 12 weeks old , how long and how many walks are best for him?

Hi , i have just been through this with Alfie, if you have managed to get Louie used to wearing collar and lead then it shouldn't be too much of a problem, if you haven't then he may not like it initially. I suggest you start off slowly and keep the walks short ( i didn't even get out of my own front garden fist time), remember its a very different world on the other side of that front door for a puppy. When he does start walking dont stick to the same route, Alfie tends to pull when he realises he is on his way home. I suggest you take him 3 or 4 times a day for short 10 minute walks, untill he gets the hang of it.

Young pups shouldn't be overly exercised. You can do about 5 minutes for every month in age, so about 20 - 25 minutes. And you can do 2 walks per day. But the pups will also let you know when they have had enough... older dogs not so much.

Happy walking

Walks on lead should be kept to 5 minutes for each month of age. You can also do off lead play that doesn't factor into the time and walks can be done 2-3 times per day.

Time for the fun to start

Is it 5mins per month for each walk or in total for each day?

At twelve weeks, our pups went for a 20 walk in the evening every day for the first two weeks, then for a 20 minute twice a day for a couple of weeks, then obviously as they get older you add time on and more walks

Smudgewudge41 wrote:Is it 5mins per month for each walk or in total for each day?

He's 3 months, so the lead walks should be for 15 minutes, 2 or 3 times a day. However, if you take him to a park & let him off the lead then you can let him run around for a while in addition to the on lead time. Just make sure that he is allowed to lay down & rest if he wants to & doesn't get too tired out for the walk home!

Thanks Caryll ,you have given me such fab advice and we have now got him a stagbar and he loves it !! Thanks again

Excellent advice from Caryll, as per