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For those of you with dogs, when you take them for a walk approx how far do you go?

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Ancient Hippy Profile
Ancient Hippy answered

My walk is about 1/2 mile, round trip, twice a day. Once in the morning and again after dinner. It helps both of us sleep well.

PJ Stein Profile
PJ Stein answered

We don't walk often. Arabella has arthritis and is fear aggressive towards other dogs so walking our neighborhood can be stressful. I will take her out on trails and do between a half mile to a mile. We do play in the yard a few times a day. She loves playing fetch with a tennis ball so we toss it for her until you can tell she has had enough.

Skully can go for longer walks. Again we don't walk often because we play so much in the yard. If we walk the neighborhood, it is about a mile and a half. He has also done 2-3 mile trails. Right now he is nursing aa broken toe, so no long trails for now. 

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Mountain Man answered

It depends on where we walk. If we go out the path and back, it's about a half mile, maybe a little more.  If we walk down the driveway to the middle switchback, it's almost a mile round trip. We never walk the whole way down.

Maurice Korvo Profile
Maurice Korvo answered

Same as Ancient Hippy, about 1/2 mile twice a day, at least for the two younger dogs. The older one only does about half that amount. (but he is blind and has a liver problem, so I have no problem with taking him only half walks)

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No, he knows the routes he took for 7 or 8 years. Knows the smells, and can feel the rolled curbs so he doesn't wander into the street, and the feel of the grass, so he stays on the sidewalk. I just come along to hold the leash, and cause the doctor says its good for my heart to get the exercise.
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That's so cool. Amazing aren't they (?)
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Maurice Korvo commented
Well, close to Amazing.. I still have to pick up the doggy do do. :)
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Ray Dart answered

I am currently looking after my daughter's Siberian Husky.

It is currently around 85 degrees in my bit of the UK.

The dog, whilst wanting to walk, is clearly heat-distressed after a few miles.

So it would normally be around 4-5 miles. Not this week.

Advice to people who might think that huskies look cool and cuddly. They were bred to exist in temperatures generally around freezing point. Understand that before you get one.

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Dumb Goat answered

Both my dogs are old and can't go for too long of walks, so I usually walk them up and down the street I live on. I'm not to sure exactly how far that is in mile or kilometer terms.

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