Hi all, hoping I can pick your brains on this. I have a 2 and half month old cockerpoo. On the one hand I’ve read that he should only get 5 mins of exercise per month so max 15 minutes at the minute. On the other hand I’ve read they are very high energy dogs and need loads of exercise. Which is it?
He tends to get wild in the evenings running around and barking and nipping - is this because he’s not getting enough exercise? Sometimes he will also whine like he’s lonely (we are working from home so sitting at table)
The exercise we do is usually in the morning, fetch/give, out in the garden for a walk around, a bit of tug and then some monkey where we each sit at opposite ends of the kitchen and get him to run between us to sit and get a treat. This is mainly in the morning. He is not crated for the rest of the day so he can trot around the kitchen in between naps and he has lots of toys out for him to play with and then he will come with us if we are going out to bin/to hang out washing. Is this sufficient? We find it hard to get him to nap as he wakes up any time we move!!
Aside from this we are also doing mental agility - touch, leave it and into bed and sit.
What do you think?
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Mixed messages - how much exercise????
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Hardcandy1 · 18/04/2020 08:55
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