It's almost spring! Will you walk your dog?

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  • 4bettermenow
    4bettermenow Posts: 166 Member
    Amanda4change wrote: »
    I live in California so outside activities aren't seasonal. My Akita/Shepard mix is my running buddy and goes for a run or a walk 6 mornings a week with me. He's so well trained I could take him without a leash (but I don't because he looks scary). The Shepard we are fostering goes in the late evening (when less people are out) because she wasn't well socialized and growls and barks at other people and will lunge at other dogs (which we've been working on, but it's slow going)

    I bet he is gorgeous! We are on our 2nd male Akita (first one died two years ago at age 16) and they are one of the best breeds ever. We also have a female shepard, also a fantastic breed. They seem to work really well together.
  • kbmnurse
    kbmnurse Posts: 2,484 Member
    So sad, I had to put our Madison to rest on January 13, 2015. My heart hurts. I will miss our walks. She used to LOVE to walk with me. :'(
  • 4bettermenow
    4bettermenow Posts: 166 Member
    kbmnurse wrote: »
    So sad, I had to put our Madison to rest on January 13, 2015. My heart hurts. I will miss our walks. She used to LOVE to walk with me. :'(

    So sorry for your loss. :( We have lost two in the last two years and yes, the heart hurts for so long.
  • atypicalsmith
    atypicalsmith Posts: 2,742 Member
    My dog may or may not outlive me, but if not, I will get another one. It's amazing the difference he's made in my life.
  • lishie_rebooted
    lishie_rebooted Posts: 2,973 Member
    Well, if you think the folks walking cats are odd, there's this lady and her pet fox...
    http://www.dailymail.co.uk/news/article-2999145/Fox-rescued-baby-cub-thinks-DOG-goes-walks-lead-wags-tail.html
  • rbentrup81
    rbentrup81 Posts: 35 Member
    Absolutely! He loves walks, especially at the park. He may be 11 but he thinks he is 1, but of course he is that one socially awkward dog that I know the other dogs are thinking "What is he doing? Weirdo" We love him anyways.
  • atypicalsmith
    atypicalsmith Posts: 2,742 Member
    rbentrup81 wrote: »
    Absolutely! He loves walks, especially at the park. He may be 11 but he thinks he is 1, but of course he is that one socially awkward dog that I know the other dogs are thinking "What is he doing? Weirdo" We love him anyways.

    My dog is the same way! He basically ignores other dogs, but since I've been putting him in Doggie Day Care once a week when I have to be gone all day long, his social skills have skyrocketed!
  • crosbylee
    crosbylee Posts: 3,455 Member
    It's hard to walk to Mastiffs at the same time, so I get double the mileage. When one is done the other goes, unless my husband walks with me.
  • atypicalsmith
    atypicalsmith Posts: 2,742 Member
    Hah! Double the pleasure, double the fun! (as Doublemint used to advertise.)
  • lilRicki
    lilRicki Posts: 4,555 Member
    My fur baby got a 74 minute walk yesterday. We both have cabin fever so bad that it's laughable. She's a husky/lab/shepherd but something went wrong with her paws so she hates walking in the cold and snow. We run her as much as her paws allow in the winter, but during the non-snow months we are hiking as much as possible. She's a great workout partner :) And yes, I've tried booties...she refuses to even move when she wears them.
  • penny0919
    penny0919 Posts: 123 Member
    crosbylee wrote: »
    It's hard to walk to Mastiffs at the same time, so I get double the mileage. When one is done the other goes, unless my husband walks with me.

    I have a mastiff too! We both really need to walk off our winter weight (central MN here).

    How big are yours? My guy is 160 lbs in winter and about 145 in the summer...pretty huge difference. He is getting old and doesn't like to walk as far.
  • WestCoastJo82
    WestCoastJo82 Posts: 2,304 Member
    We never stopped! He prefers to run rather than walk (abused as a puppy and still afraid of people, but doesn't have as much of a problem with them if we're running). I don't run in the cold though so he'll be happy that we're doing more running than walking. He's fine with snow but pouts when we go out in the rain. My 75 lb baby!

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  • atypicalsmith
    atypicalsmith Posts: 2,742 Member
    lilRicki wrote: »
    My fur baby got a 74 minute walk yesterday. We both have cabin fever so bad that it's laughable. She's a husky/lab/shepherd but something went wrong with her paws so she hates walking in the cold and snow. We run her as much as her paws allow in the winter, but during the non-snow months we are hiking as much as possible. She's a great workout partner :) And yes, I've tried booties...she refuses to even move when she wears them.

    I tried getting my dachshund to wear booties, and as sweet and docile as he usually is, even at the veterinarian's office, you would have thought I was trying to choke him to death!
  • atypicalsmith
    atypicalsmith Posts: 2,742 Member
    Today was the first day of spring and very yucky! But Hogan and I still walked a mile, and he is very happy as yesterday it was pouring down rain.
  • lds818
    lds818 Posts: 15 Member
    Lucky to be in FL so can walk most of the time. I have a very active English Shepard so we walk everyday sometimes twice a day. She likes to walk fast! I feel guilty if we don't go...she stalks me around the house till we go:)
  • atypicalsmith
    atypicalsmith Posts: 2,742 Member
    lds818 wrote: »
    Lucky to be in FL so can walk most of the time. I have a very active English Shepard so we walk everyday sometimes twice a day. She likes to walk fast! I feel guilty if we don't go...she stalks me around the house till we go:)

    Hah, I have a male dachshund who wants to pee every 20 or thirty steps even though there's nothing left! And that's in my neighborhood, which is FAMILIAR territory! When I take him to a park to walk, he stops every five or six steps. At least in my neighborhood once we've rounded the corner and are on our way home, he walks very quickly and doesn't stop at all.
  • angelasrescuedog
    angelasrescuedog Posts: 11 Member
    I walk my dog in all weathers. We do 3 miles in the morning takes about an hour and a quick 1.5 miles when I get home from work. Keeps him and me fit
  • mygnsac
    mygnsac Posts: 13,413 Member
    gia07 wrote: »
    Roxie is my 1 year old chocolate lab. She is in training and every morning we go for a walk as she is being trained to walk on the leash. She already know how to sit, lay down and other things...

    She is a great and smart dog... this is a puppy picture a moth after I brought her home..wvwpswpyfqa7.jpg

    Soooo darned cute! :)

  • Jennloella
    Jennloella Posts: 2,286 Member
    Probably not. I have a fenced half acre for them to play on and too many people don't use leashes. They're older anyway (15 and 13) and both are getting stiff and slow, they're happier going at their own pace in their own space.
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