Dog walking

Who here has dogs? Do you log your "dog walking" calories burnt? I love the fact that I can do something I really enjoy (apart from lately, when it's rained and rained and rained), and it's good for me too.

By the way your dogs are adorable

My fur baby loves to go for her walks but she is slow so i don't count them even if we're gone over an hour.

For all of the people saying it is too cold...unless it is 0 degrees out it shouldn't be an excuse. It is a great way to get out in the winter months. As long as the dogs are running around they should be fine, just pay attention to them. Every weekend I have them out snowshoeing with me. I even took them out 2 weeks ago when it was -15 windchill. They didn't seem to mind at all. They were both panting when we got back to the car

Yes, today it is 0 here, or -32 farenheit.

there really is no excuse for not walking your dog every single day (the odd day here and there, but that should be the exception)

Actually this is untrue and potentially dangerous IMO

Some dogs should not be out for extended times in extreme cold. Depends on their health, age and breed.

I.E. it is -30 right now where I am and neither my chihuahua or english bulldog will be walked for any appreciable length of time.

For all of the people saying it is too cold...unless it is 0 degrees out it shouldn't be an excuse. It is a great way to get out in the winter months. As long as the dogs are running around they should be fine, just pay attention to them. Every weekend I have them out snowshoeing with me. I even took them out 2 weeks ago when it was -15 windchill. They didn't seem to mind at all. They were both panting when we got back to the car

Yes I agree. I'm in MN and it's been below zero for weeks (it seems) with a few warmer days thrown in every so often. My dog doesn't seem to notice at all and as long as they are active and moving it's totally fine for them to be out. I bundle up and go!!! I saw the cold in Georgia post and am wondering how cold it gets there?

Agreed, Jazz would drive me crazy if he didn't get his walks. I do sometimes curtail his walks in the summertime- DC can get too hot and humid for a husky. Our summer strategy: walk early in the morning or after dark when possible, shorten walks if needed, and then take him for long walks at a park with a creek that he can splash around in to cool off. Keeps him (and us) happy. Wintertime doesn't usually slow us down at all- it's his favorite season!

My Samoyed would love for me to take her out for a run at 0 degrees. I'm just too chicken! And when it's 50 - 60 degrees and i want to run it's too hot for her!!! I guess I need to buck up and get out there in the cold! That's why i take her to the dog park LOL!

I do a 4 mile walk with my dog every Sunday morning. Takes about an hour. We clip along. Yep, I log it.

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there really is no excuse for not walking your dog every single day (the odd day here and there, but that should be the exception)

Actually this is untrue and potentially dangerous IMO

Some dogs should not be out for extended times in extreme cold. Depends on their health, age and breed.

I.E. it is -30 right now where I am and neither my chihuahua or english bulldog will be walked for any appreciable length of time.

Obviously a medical condition would be an exception, and vets advice should be followed. But for a healthy dog they should get out every day - walking isn't only for exercise, its for mental stimulation too. It doesn't have to be a 10mile hike, but they should get out. Coats and boots are available for the dog with a thinner coat. If I didn't walk my dog when it got cold or rained, he wouldn't be walked for 9 months of the year.

Like I said the odd day is fine, if the weather is truly so cold nobody should leave the house, but it should be an exception not the rule.

Love my dog! Siberian Husky, so the colder it is the more she wants to walk. And I use the term "walk" loosely because she loves to run. If we do a run then I log it, if it's a slow pace walk and my heart rate doesn't get up I normally don't, unless it's long, like over 3 miles. But I have also been doing this awhile and know that a walk doesn't do much in the way of cardio for me. If you are just starting out and just starting to walk then I would log it and see if you can increase the speed and intensity.

For all of the people saying it is too cold...unless it is 0 degrees out it shouldn't be an excuse. It is a great way to get out in the winter months. As long as the dogs are running around they should be fine, just pay attention to them. Every weekend I have them out snowshoeing with me. I even took them out 2 weeks ago when it was -15 windchill. They didn't seem to mind at all. They were both panting when we got back to the car

Yes, today it is 0 here, or -32 farenheit.

Are you sure it's that cold? Where are you located?
F = 1.8xC + 32 so 0 Celsius is 32 Fahrenheit

I love to walk my dogs and I record it as exercise every day. I have a lab and a pit bull who walk me! They sniff sometimes, but are pulling me to go faster most of the time. It is a great workout for me. We usually walk 40 to 60 min. in the morning and 20 min. in the eve.

I have a really pretty white/grey brindle pit bull named Chyna. She's still a puppy at 57lbs and not so fun to walk because she pulls. I'd love to walk her more just to get her trained at it but between the rain and the cold weather here in Georgia, it hasn't been possible. I think that once she gets the hang of it, she'll be my outside workout partner!

I could never run with my pit bull because he would stop suddenly or cut across my path to sniff. He was fast and solid, so he could get in front of me and then cause a trainwreck! Yes, I could have trained him that run time meant no sniffing, but I felt like if it was his only walk/run of the day, it needed to be HIS walk/run. So he sniffed and sniffed, and I did exercise CDs. It was okay in the end.

He was brindle too -- orangey-brown and black, almost tiger-striped. Some kids actually thought he was a tiger. "Mommy, look at the tiger!" Love to your brindle dog. I miss mine.

Which is it?

0 C is 32 F.
0F is -28503 C

0 Celsius is 32 Fahrenheit
0 Fahrenheit is -18 Celsius
0 Kelvin is -273.15 I wouldn't take a dog out in that.

I don't bother to log my dog walks on here.

These are my dogs. The Saint Bernard is 2 and The Shepherd is 3. And yes, people cross the street when they see me coming.

OH THOSE EARS! they are adorable!

Who here has dogs? Do you log your "dog walking" calories burnt? I love the fact that I can do something I really enjoy (apart from lately, when it's rained and rained and rained), and it's good for me too.

Got a heeler mix here, she's great. However no, I don't log those calories, they're just part of my daily activity level.

I also have a heeler mix, and she loves to walk/jog/run. I just listen to what my fitbit says about how many calories I burn, etc. and use the TDEE method to determine how much food I should eat. Easy.

I would THINK she wants to run, right? Two miles jog, and I'm dragging her back. Granted, if we're sprinting she's doing circles around me, but she and I prove that us great apes are the ultimate persistence hunter.

I like the plate method. If it's on my plate...

You have a point. Longer jogs are definitely not my pup's forte. However, we're both shorties, so I like to think we're pretty evenly matched most of the time. (She's a corgi/blue heeler mix.) As for being a persistence hunter, check out this link http://prokopetz.tumblr.com/post/57702943181/mikhailvladimirovich-bogleech-its-funny-how I bet you even eat capsaicin for fun!