Do you log walking your dog?

If your lifestyle setting is sedentary, heck yeah! There's even a built in entry "walking 3 mph, walking dog".

I log the 3 mile walking your dog and my dog doesn't walk lol. I use that speed because I have no idea how fast I am walking and that sounds good. I will get a fitbit one day and know my true speed and maybe I can quit "walking " my dog

I have in the past. BUT I don't really consider walking exercise. Personally, I should be sweating my *kitten* off and out of breath for an activity to be considered exercise. If I take my dog for a strenuous hike or for a run, I do log it.

Yes. Reason being during the freezing cold winter (-30c) and with my depression which was in relapse, I wasn't walking the dog or leaving the house at all.

Now I try to go at least 5km a day at a decent pace and take the kid with me so it's a family active time.

I log but have sedetary settings, my dogs dont get walked that often cause i just let them out the back door so they can run around and play! But today i took em and used my hrm and logged that! Plus i like to throw in some jogging intervals!

I don't have a dog, but log 'walking the dog' as it is about the speed my 3 year old walks!! There is no other option for that speed :bigsmile:

I have done, if it's a really long walk or if I run with him, but most of the time I don't run so I don't log it.

One time I burnt about 350 calories for a 30 minute walk/run! Once you get my dog going he won't stop, I was knackered by the end, that was a higher calorie burn per minute than I'd ever had before in the gym or P90x!! The weather didn't help (it was baking hot!)

Since most of the time I open the back door and let the pup out that way, when I do take him for a walk, I do log it. It is not a normal, daily, thing for me.

Some people use it as a "reason" they have to get up and get out of the house. If that helps them, then by all means they should log it. Every little step is a step in the right direction.

I only log exercise that's out of the ordinary. I have to walk my dog, so I don't log it. I have to clean my house, so I don't log it. But, if I did a top to bottom spring cleaning, I'd probably log some of it.

Same here with the cleaning. But as far as walking the dog if its 30 min or more I do. But at the same time I don't usually walk the dog, she goes and plays in our yard most days. But also I have logged that when I walk on the treadmill at the 3.0 speed.

I have in the past. BUT I don't really consider walking exercise. Personally, I should be sweating my *kitten* off and out of breath for an activity to be considered exercise. If I take my dog for a strenuous hike or for a run, I do log it.

you don't consider "walking"exercise or walking the dog exercise. Cuz walking is definitely exercise for a lot of people. And its a fat burning exercise if you are walking at 60% which for me is 4.0 mph. Even I take a 2 mile stroll after meals-and its definitely counted!

Walking my dog isn't part of my daily routine because we have a big backyard and we play with him/exercise him out there most days so if we do take him on a walk I log it as exercise.

I log it because I plan it as my weekend - no other workout activity. We live out in the country so I don't walk my dog everyday - but on Sundays we take a nice long hike to the lake. I also keep my profile settings intentionally at a low activity level as I never quite trust those generic activity/calorie settings. I would eventually like to get a bit more serious about figuring out my TDEE and play around with those numbers more.

If your lifestyle setting is sedentary, heck yeah! There's even a built in entry "walking 3 mph, walking dog".

i know, i see people logging 5 minute dog walks, and am wondering wtf, isn't it their dog? doesn't the dog get to go out every day? (they usually only log it twice a week...) and seriously, 5 minutes is barely out the door...

my lifestyle setting is active, and i figure if the dog walking and grocery store runs give me an extra cushion, that's bonus.

I don't own a dog, but use that entry often because it is the only 3.0 mph one. Maybe that's what their 5 min is, either that or poor doggie.
If you are sedentary and/or very obese, I think every little bit counts. However, if you are pretty fit already, I think logging tiny walks, grocery store trips, and everyday cleaning is asinine.

The only reason my diary says "walking dog, 3.0 mph" is because there is NO exercise in the MFP database for treadmill, 3.0 or 3.5 mph. Or if there is, I have been unable to find it. I'm actually logging treadmill minutes, and usually 45 minutes at a time, (not 5!). And yes I am huffing and puffing and sweating, so yes it counts! In fact, I can't imagine actually walking a dog at that speed for that much time. Dogs have a mind of their own and might want to stop, or slow down.