How much exercise does your boxer get a day?

Bigstabile · #1 07-05-2007, 10:54 AM

Just curious, how much exercise? How far and long do you walk for, and other various play time? Also, how much do you equate more exercise to better behavior?

Right now Rudy is walking at least 3 miles a day for just over an hour, broken down into two 1.5+ mile walks, sometimes she'll also get another shorter walk. Little league season ended this week, so now we can go onto the field and run around there too, she usually lasts about 30 minutes with that. We'll do that a few times a week. As far as behavior, she's is much better with more exercise.

totallyhip · #2 07-05-2007, 11:14 AM

Our guy gets a 3 mile hike in the mornings (when its cool) and then he gets 3 more 1/2 hour walks during the day. He is 4. How old is your dog. I think it depends on each individual dog. Their not suppose to excercise excessively till after 18 months old.

northernboxr · #3 07-05-2007, 11:40 AM

Riker is 5 months old. On a regular weekday he gets:

He gets 2 30-minute leash walks a day
A bunch of small walks for pee breaks (we can't go in the back garden right now)
At least an hour at the dog park where he can go as crazy as he wishes
Probably about 45min-hour/day playing fetch with his ball or chase the laser pointer (I usually do most of the playing right before bed to get the last bit of energy out)

On weekends we usually go on an additional long hike in the forest off leash.

He behaves like a monster no matter how much exercise he gets

But he sleeps a lot more and has better obedience focus when he's tired out!

ELubas · #4 07-05-2007, 11:44 AM

Mine get two good romps a day. They belong to a "playgroup", picked up by my dogwalker/trainer around noon and are out with the"crew" for 2-2 1/2 hours for off lead stuff-run swim , etc. Then we go again at night for 1-1 1/2 hours, some on lead and more running,etc. My girl also goes to obedience most weeks. The more exercised the better behaved for sure. My young girl , in particular, needs that outlet

My boy is older and has SAS so he sets his own pace but even he is just a more content dog when he stays on schedule and gets his romps, particulary as the group have formed a close pack and he is, by virtue of age and temperment, most definetely "top dog"

Chiefsmom · #5 07-05-2007, 08:20 PM

Chief and Sam (lab-mix brother) get a least a thirty to forty-five minute leash walk a day (two on the weekends

) Plus, at least two thirty minute play sessions outside (frisbee, tennis ball fetch, etc...) And at least twice a week, a trip to the lake or local streams! Plus the daily boxer burns around the house!

MomofMillie · #6 07-06-2007, 07:38 AM

Millie gets 1-2 hours at the dog park every evening M-F. On the weekends it's more "organized" like leashed walks or fetch (not that she fetches well haha).

MustLuvBoxer · #7 07-06-2007, 10:45 AM

Fetch? Is that like you throw the ball and then chase them till you get the ball back?

Daisy and Diesel (3 months) get play time exercise in the mornings just before going to day care. In the evenings they get a 40 min to 1hr walk fallowed by off leash time to run. I let them decide on how long they want to run, although it's usually only 15 min. I never let them over do it and bring plenty of water for them. On the weekends they get more walks thru out the day, as long as it's not to hot. We save them for early morning or just before dawn.