Albert (11 weeks) has just experienced his first weekend in the world on his own paws. We have been very careful with him and the first day was all off lead in a field for around 30 mins. All at his pace. 2nd day he met the dog from next door who is a puggle, and had a great 10 mins running around the garden with him. Later that day (5 hours) we took him to our local beach, where you can park right on the sand, and he had a great 25 mins, all off lead. 3rd day was a walk on the lead around the village for 10 mins. Once in the morning and again in the evening. How does this sound to you all. Too much or OK? Albert showed no signs of stress or tiredness while out and thoroughly enjoyed all of it. Thanks for your guidance Jan
Re: How much is too much exercise? Hi Jan , the guidelines say 5 mins per day for each month of life , but these are just guidelines and not set in stone I think that the type of exercise is far more important , hard pavement pounding should be limited whereas soft play in gardens ( dont worry about garden play at all )and fields is far easier on their joints and so can be enjoyed far more freely . Watch out for too much jumping, in and out of cars , plus up and down stairs, this isnt good for them at all
Re: How much is too much exercise? No jumping into the car yet and probably not for a good while. No proper stairs negotiated yet although he has managed a couple of short steps. Most of his exercise will be off lead either on sand or fields, so hope I'm doing it right. Jan
Re: How much is too much exercise? Pippa has an excellent article on this very subject - here http://www.thelabradorsite.com/labrador-puppy-exercise-how-much-is-too-much/
