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09-23-2020, 06:23 AM | #1 |
YT 3000 Club Member Join Date: Feb 2015 Location: Vandalia Il.
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| Do you walk your furkids? I held off this summer due to the heat. I’ve started walking with him for a half hour . He’s seven is that too far to walk him? |
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09-23-2020, 07:52 AM | #2 |
Yorkie mom of 4 Donating YT Member Join Date: Feb 2008 Location: LaPlata, Md
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| If he seems ok and no overly tired then he is probably ok. It really depends on the dog. I have seen yorkies go hiking before.
__________________ Taylor My babies Joey, Penny ,Ollie & Dixie Callie Mae, you will forever be in my heart! |
09-23-2020, 11:40 AM | #3 |
YT 2000 Club Member Join Date: Sep 2014 Location: Lake Geneva, WI
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| Piper is a 9 yr old, 10 lb Yorkie and we walk between a mile and two miles everyday. I pretty much let her pick the pace (usually that brisk little terrier trot). Though Piper is tired when we first get home, she almost always becomes a frisky, full-of-the-dickens pooch again later in the day! I think consistent exercise (walking) has been extremely beneficial for both Pipe and me. Her vet is pleased with her overall condition and highly approves of our walks. Of course, everyone is different; you need to pay attention to your pup's enthusiasm for going out, as well as energy level while you are out (and after)! Have big fun!!! |
09-23-2020, 11:43 AM | #4 |
YT 3000 Club Member Join Date: Feb 2015 Location: Vandalia Il.
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| I think Dexter has come to expect it first thing in the morning after his bathroom break |
09-23-2020, 11:46 AM | #5 |
YT 2000 Club Member Join Date: Sep 2014 Location: Lake Geneva, WI
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| By the way, during hot and humid summer days up here in Lake Geneva, WI, we get up very early (4:30/5am) in order to do our walks. As the day heats up we hibernate inside; I totally get avoiding summer temperatures as I CANNOT take the heat at all! |
09-23-2020, 03:47 PM | #6 |
Donating YT 3000 Club Member Join Date: Feb 2014 Location: E.Stroudsburg, Pa.
Posts: 67,950
| My walking pups ended the week after moving from NY to Pa. My first week here I was going to walk the community with my then 2 yorkies, I got 5 houses away from mine when all of a sudden a huge Belgium Shepard was upon us. I scooped up both dogs. The man who owned the dog had him on a retractable leash. The man said he stopped to talk to a neighbor, his dog must have heard my dogs tags, pulled the retractable handle out of the mans hand and took off. He said his dog was friendly but my dogs didn't know that. Matese at 17 pounds and 5 years old was screaming out of fear, Schnae at 9 Lbs and 10 years old although a very friendly gal was in attack mode. That ended walks. I do walk Cody once in a while just so he knows the area and if ever got out he would know his way back. There are just to many lose dogs or dogs dashing out of the houses when the owner opens their door. Cody is not dog friendly, he'll take on any size dog. So walks within the community are not comfortable, plus always watching behind me to make sure a dog is not coming at us, then looking towards the sky for hawks. Cody's walks are short and far between.
__________________ Joan, mom to Cody RIP Matese Schnae Kajon Kia forever in my A House Is Not A Home Without A Dog |
09-23-2020, 05:09 PM | #8 |
Donating YT 3000 Club Member Join Date: Feb 2014 Location: E.Stroudsburg, Pa.
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| When I first got Cody I use to carry wasp spray because it shoots 25 feet, at that time Cody wasn't aggressive as he is now. I would have one heck of a time "trying" to hold Cody while threaten a dog with a stick or any spray. When Cody is in Cujo mode it's really hard to hold him tight, he's a 12 pounder and tough lol.
__________________ Joan, mom to Cody RIP Matese Schnae Kajon Kia forever in my A House Is Not A Home Without A Dog |
09-24-2020, 05:02 AM | #9 |
YT 2000 Club Member Join Date: Sep 2014 Location: Lake Geneva, WI
Posts: 2,776
| Cody in "Cujo mode" Love it! Now this is where our pooches are different (amazingly enough). Piper loves other little dogs; she runs to them, ears flat, tail going like hummingbird wings--too, too wonderful, such joy. I wrote a thread several years ago about Piper being snatched from my arms by my neighbor's Akita. Terrifying. And lesson well-learned. In Nevada I always worried about big off-leash dogs, everywhere. Now I am extremely fortunate that Lake Geneva is a small town where loose dogs rules are strictly enforced and the threat is decreased, though as a Yorkie walker, I am always vigilant! And being "in the country" we were "watched" one morning by three hawks who came together and finally perched. Very blessed to live here... |
09-24-2020, 05:07 AM | #10 |
YT 2000 Club Member Join Date: Sep 2014 Location: Lake Geneva, WI
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| Piper and Cody have incredible power and strength, yes? People cannot believe that my little pup packs such pull power! |
09-24-2020, 05:26 AM | #11 | |
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09-24-2020, 05:45 AM | #12 |
YT 1000 Club Member Join Date: Mar 2016 Location: stanley nc
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| We live in an apartment and I walk Gidget around in the parking lot 3 times a day for about 20 minutes. Of course, along the way she has to sniff and explore but it's HER walking time and not mine. I walk half a mile each day on the inside. She LOVES her leisure walks and so do I. On rainy days and when it's extremely hot, we have to make an exception. |
09-24-2020, 07:05 AM | #13 |
Action Jackson ♥ Donating Member Join Date: Dec 2008 Location: Maryland
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| In the summer, we opt to hang out by the pool that we are lucky enough to have (also lucky that Jackson LOVES to swim!) but usually do walks in the late evenings in the summer time. In fall/winter/most of spring, we love to go for long walks. Jackson will be 12 next month and we just walked 4 miles in Harpers Ferry WV. He doesn't tire very easily as long as it's not too hot.
__________________ ~ Brit & Lights! Camera! Jackson! CGC ETD TKP ~ Follow Jackson on Instagram: https://instagram.com/jacksontheterrier Last edited by Britster; 09-24-2020 at 07:08 AM. |
09-24-2020, 08:57 AM | #14 |
YT Addict Join Date: Sep 2018 Location: Turkey
Posts: 306
| We live in an apartment and go for 2 walks with Mike every day, approx. 3-4 miles a day. In hot humid days we do short walks late at night. But every pup is different and prefer different level of activity! |
09-24-2020, 10:16 AM | #15 | |
YT 2000 Club Member Join Date: Sep 2014 Location: Lake Geneva, WI
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