How much exercise does your dog get?

I just looked at the Kennel Club website and it says that JRTs only need up to an hour daily. Fellow terrier owners may disagree but makes me feel better.

As long as he seems happy, that's the main thing. If you are worried about him missing out, you could try doing some mental stimulation exercises with him - even things like scattering some treats around the garden for him to find. That often tires them out just as much as actual walks do.

Sniffing tires a dog out as much as walking. So sniffing around for low fat treats in the house and garden will keep him exercised. I’m struggling to walk at the moment and my partner is walking our dog. She should have far more exercise than she gets and we don’t let her off lead, either, so I feel really guilty.

My cavalier king charles bitch (6yo) gets 30mins on lead walking and 30mins off lead. I've always thought that off lead time is more important. If she wants to run, sniff, play she can.

My two get 45 minutes to an hour in the morning, often longer, plus at least 45 minutes in the evening with big dog off lead as much as possible and tiddler on a 10 meter long line.
They have access to the garden all day as well.
Big dog also has an hour and a half with a dog walker twice a week, off lead.
If they don’t get long walks they don’t seem to mind, especially if the weather’s really bad.

My 3 yo lab has 1 hour 2 x a day , but he’s young and full of energy , luckily I’m fit and healthy . If he doesn’t have an evening walk , I do hunting and sniffing games in the garden which tires him out .

Yes, he loves to sniff and has plenty of time to do that in the garden. He’s off lead (loves fetch) as much as he is on.

My five year old Cockerpoo gets and hour or two off lead in the morning and play with her doggy friends then couple of hours in the evening some on lead and some off . Plenty of time to sniff and answer "pee-mails".

I used to walk my dogs an hi out r morning and evening., I had very fit dogs. I no longer have the fitness i did plus I have a huge sensitive labvwho can react if he’s feared of a new dog
My dogs get 30-45 mins off lead in a secure woodland plus scent games etc in the garden
They’re happy and content

Mine gets about 40 mins morning & 20 mins evening, mostly off-lead. That's everyday, on holiday & if we're on a walk "outing" it's much more.
If I'm pushed for time, I throw balls for him to retrieve on one of the walks.

When DH was alive and we had a kennel full of working spaniels, they would just lie around snoozing - lazy by nature. Walked twice a day, off lead they’d be exercised, but taken to work was a different matter. They’d have to use their brains, remember their training, obey whistles and work - they used to come home hungry, happy and exhausted!

It sounds like your dog is getting enough exercise. And fun times in the garden too. As others have said, it's the quality of his exercise time, both physically and mentally.

I exercise two young golden retrievers. We do 60 to 90 minutes in the morning, either by the river or on the beach. They often have their walk broken with a coffee stop in a café where they have a different type of stimulation, having to lie under the table and behaving!
I'm sure they'd keep going all day, but I think dogs have to realise that the day has a lot down time to it as well.

12.5 year old Jack Russell....1hr 20 mins approx every day .

Thank you everyone, so interesting to hear about your lovely dogs. I think he’s getting enough and he has my company nearly all day. He loves his toys (typical ratter, you should see him shaking them) and has great fun with the garden hose.
So plenty of mental stimulation.

Our terrier cross is 15. I take him out after breakfast and dinner and he walks about 6 houses down the road and is adamant he wants to come home. He cuts in front of me and pulls me back
He wanders around the garden during the day. His sight is now going but on the whole he is comfortable.

But 5.30 am is very early to be nudged into starting the day, so there's a waiting game going on here!

My whippet wakes up at 7 for her breakfast. Then goes in the garden. Then goes back to sleep till 12 although she usually wakes up for a mid morning snack ( Mini Bonio) at 11. My partner takes her for a walk and then a play in his garden which is much bigger than mine, and brings her home. She usually doesn’t become really animated until evening time ( which is the time when puppies seem to go manic and bonkers) usually when I’ve sat down to watch something on tv. If it’s raining she doesn’t want to leave her duvet at all. She’s a dog after my own heart.

It's a dog's life Maybee70!
I'll do you a swap?

As some of you might know, or mayne not,.I take care of other people's dogs.for.a living. Have been entertaining these 4-legged friends.for 50 years.

It really depends.on the dog, and not.just the breed, vut the personality. Some dogs get tired from sniffing for 30 minutes, some.frim running (towards and away from.nothing), some from swimming. Some are very lazy - others mischevious. To gather info from others about time for excersising ones dog doesnt seem to be pertinent to me but 30 min outdoors every 4 hours seems reasonable. They are NOT little humans.

Sometimes there may be children in your village who are not allowed to keep a dog but would be happy to run your dog, go to a park or teach him new tricks then bring him home. You could bring joy to children AND your dog, by sharing.

Given the number of times my dogs have been attacked I would never allow a child to take her for a walk and certainly wouldn’t allow them to exercise her off lead where there are other dogs.

Our dog (terrier) gets walked most days but is just as happy wandering around in the garden, he's 2 next week.

Two walks a day 45 minutes each. Off lead for part of the time. They love their sniffs. Throwing the ball around in the playing field tires them out but they love it.

Or if we take them for a big walk in the morning - say 4 or 5 miles don't bother with a second walk.

Just playing tug a toy or chasing a fishing line toy is giving them stimulation and exercise.

Another game is hiding treats they love that and very clever at finding them even though well hidden.

LaCrepescule

Thank you everyone, so interesting to hear about your lovely dogs. I think he’s getting enough and he has my company nearly all day. He loves his toys (typical ratter, you should see him shaking them) and has great fun with the garden hose.
So plenty of mental stimulation.

It’s the mental stimulation imo that really helps. Yes they need a good sniff on a walk but Thinking is really tiring