To be physically tired by this routine?

[ohdoadoodoo]

Or am I just unfit/lazy?

6:30am - wake up, walk dog for half hour
7-7:40 - get ready for work
7:40-8 - walk to work
8-12 - work
12-12:20 - walk home
12:20-12:40 - walk dog
12:40-1 - walk back to work
1-5 - work
5-5:20 - walk home
5:30-6:15(ish) - walk dog
6:15-10:15 - TV/chores/make dinner
10:15-10:30 - walk dog
Bed

Feeling constantly tired. Realise others have a lot more on their plate but feel like I spent my life walking!!

Or actually, perhaps the morning or evening one? So she's not home alone too long.

I personally think dogs need over 2 hours of exercise a day.

Ours are working so they get at least 6. Out one pet dog is utterly depressed at only get two half hour walks a day while I am heavily pregnant.

You do need to sort out a routine that allows you to relax but your dog to still get exercise.

I also think the reason I see so many Ill behaved and overweight dogs is the lack of exerciseZ

We do have collies though!

It's seems about 2 hours of dog walking a day plus 1 hour 20 min commute walking. It's a lot especially if your job is active. How about cyclical by to and from work? I used to have an electric bike and it was great.

I meant cycling to and from work

Schnitzel, it depends very much on breed and age of the dog, surely? And, to a lesser extent, how much room they have at home.

I have friends whose dogs would refuse to do 2 hours' exercise per day. They'd lie down and refuse to move!

I do agree that most dogs are under-exercised, though.

It's a difficult one.

I think most dogs need two long walks a day- morning and evening is fine, but that would leave your dog alone for 10 hours a day.

Which would be very unfair to the dog. Dogs a re social creatures and pack animals- it would be very unfair for a dog to live such a solo existence.

Thank you so much for the kind comments. It means a lot to me

To answer some questions:

I live in an apartment so unfortunately can't let him out in a garden. This is why I take him out so frequently.

If I didn't let him out at lunch time he would go from 7:30-5:30 without a wee which I don't think is fair and TBH I'm not sure he would hold it (he's a rescue and his house training isn't quite 100% yet).

I also like to come back for him to break up his day and let him stretch his legs. It's the lunch walking to and from work that I find the most boring and probably the one that I could do without though!

A dog walker could be an option but a big part of me thinks that I can physically do it so I should just suck it up/not spend money where I don't have to!

I have used Borrow My Doggy before (I was the walker!) but I'd be concerned about reliability/giving someone I don't know a key etc.

He's a Staffie and quite high energy so he does like a fair bit of exercise - I think I'll look into cutting back the time on a couple of the walks and giving him one long one after work.

I would look into getting an electric bike or even a moped if you have somewhere you can keep one seeing as you're in an apartment - is there a secure bike store?

I have a little moped - it's a lifesaver. What would otherwise be a 15 minute walk to work is now a 2 minute ride and if, like you, I want to nip home at lunchtime to take my dog out it doesn't really eat into my day or my lunch-hour. It costs £15 a year in tax, just over £100 in insurance and I put about £4 worth of petrol in every couple of weeks! You can pick second hand ones up quite cheaply.

That is a LOT of walking and whilst it will be doing wonders for your heart and general health it does take up time that you could use for relaxing.