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In all honesty I was looking at dog stuff before I got Luna. I got all paranoid about keeping my dogs happy and well exercised. Just so happens that my boyfriend picked a terrier mix...which made me feel a little incompetent. I don't live in the best neighborhood right now but plan on moving to a better one before next year.
So right now...one 30 minute walk before work. Luna and Loki like to stay outside so they are outside all day. When I get home, we play fetch in the yard. She comes in and sleeps but I don't feel she is really tired.
When I move, I'd like to get a treadmill mostly because I'm going back to school and think Luna might explode if I didn't walk her one day (which won't happen much but fall finals come around the time when I work overtime at work.) I was thinking on the normal basis, a 30 minute run on the machine and then a 30 minute walk. Then at night, a 15-20 minute walk followed by another 30 minute run on the machine. Does this sound like too much for a doxie mix? She will still get yard play but it will be in a dog run because my future roommate and me would like to start a garden and he has guinea pigs.
So right now...one 30 minute walk before work. Luna and Loki like to stay outside so they are outside all day. When I get home, we play fetch in the yard. She comes in and sleeps but I don't feel she is really tired.
When I move, I'd like to get a treadmill mostly because I'm going back to school and think Luna might explode if I didn't walk her one day (which won't happen much but fall finals come around the time when I work overtime at work.) I was thinking on the normal basis, a 30 minute run on the machine and then a 30 minute walk. Then at night, a 15-20 minute walk followed by another 30 minute run on the machine. Does this sound like too much for a doxie mix? She will still get yard play but it will be in a dog run because my future roommate and me would like to start a garden and he has guinea pigs.