[Britster]

Originally Posted by yorkietalkjilly

I imagine so. My Tibbe barely makes it 3/4 miles and he's 6 lbs. With those short little legs, that's a lot of work and movement for a little 8 lb. dog to do to keep going for 4 long miles. Did you slowly work her up to the 4 miles over several days or weeks or just do it one day and she was lethargic afterward, which would seem logical? Well, so would the lethargy after a gradual build-up to 4 miles, too, though, for a dog that small. Heck, I'd be lethargic and tired after 4 miles the next day!

Barely makes it 3/4 mile? That's like less than a 20 min walk? lol... come on Tibbe!

My dads overweight dog is like 21lbs and should be 15ish. He will walk forever, it's not strenuous or anything and he's way out of shape. I keep telling them to walk him every day, but they don't but whenever we've gone together, we usually will do 1.5 miles or so.

But most normal healthy dogs should at least be able to walk a mile w/o problems IMO.