puppy exercise

[strike3]

Much exercise should a puppy 2-4 months old get?

[brunie's mom]

What do you mean by exercise? Do you mean walks? do you mean running around playing and chasing in the backyard? Do you mean retrieving a ball? Do you mean playing tug?

These are all forms of exercise. Start with short walks on leash...5 minutes ,two or three times per day...and add time as the puppy get's older and stronger.
Free play...should be as long as the pup wants to play...they tucker out quickly and just lay down when they've had enough.

Gina

[CanineCoach]

And tired puppies are GOOD puppies!

[strike3]

What I am asking is for an example, what distance for them to take on a walk?

[gmo1379]

Howdy, I also have a 4 month pup and asked the same question.

Here's the post: http://www.rottweiler.net/forums/gen...cise-good.html

I got some pretty good feedback, hope it helps!

[nate94gt]

i have the same question basically, but i just go on instinct. I take him in the yard and throw a ball/stick/toy. He'll chase after it a few times, and after awhile i'll throw it and he'll just watch it go by into oblivion. Its at that point where i try throwing something else and he'll do the same thing, then i know he's tired of doing that. So i take him inside and then he chews on everything instead :o

[aldelgreco]

Originally Posted by nate94gt

i have the same question basically, but i just go on instinct. I take him in the yard and throw a ball/stick/toy. He'll chase after it a few times, and after awhile i'll throw it and he'll just watch it go by into oblivion. Its at that point where i try throwing something else and he'll do the same thing, then i know he's tired of doing that. So i take him inside and then he chews on everything instead :o

whenever they get to that, "i'm still feeling a little wild, but i am starting to get tired" stage, that is when i like to take mine inside to do little obedience training games. she is only 11.5 weeks and does much better inside than outside around the others. soon i will have to move it out there, but for now i am just happy she is learning fast. i know she is in that "zone" where she wants to learn if she has just been playing with a toy, but is now sort of just laying there and chewing on it and glancing up at you every now and then. that's when i say "you want to go learn?!!?!" and click the clicker when she looks up at me.
that gets her up instantly, and we go inside and burn some mental energy by playing sit and down and heel and kennel and come here, etc.
if you take them out after that, let them get one quick burst of energy by really getting them excited and play for a good couple of minutes, they should be dead after that. at least mine is...