Our dog only really gets walked once a day - is it enough?

[DeborahAnnabelToo]

An hour off lead walk in the mid morning generally. Then some ball-chasing in the garden after work or some brain games, frozen Kongs etc. Occasionally a walk round the block for a sniff but not that often. She's 20 months old. Is it enough? She seems ok with it and settles down to zonk out for the night between 8 and 9pm.

*conks out! (He has yet to announce to us that he's gay!)

Does being chased around by three boys count as ‘brain games’

We have an anxious reactive dog and used to do 2 x 20 mins on lead / neighbourhood walks plus one park visit (massive park lots of space to walk and run away from other dogs) every day. On the advice of a behaviourist we've actually swapped the on lead walks for indoor/garden play and enrichment activities and she's a much happier dog with just once a day out of the house off lead. It really does depend on the dog!