Taking the dog for a walk

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How much time does it take you to walk the dog generally speaking?

I used to take my sisters dog for a walk she was only small a small dog so about 15-20 minutes and she was done.

I never fail to see someone walking a dog when I leave the house these days.

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Would walk my dog all day if I could be he’s a dachshund so only needs a relatively small amount at the best of times, never mind baking days like yesterday.

It’s my favourite hobby by an absolute mile. Going to take the boy out for a walk round Regent’s Park today in the sun. Have a couple of beers.

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Would walk my dog all day if I could be he’s a dachshund so only needs a relatively small amount at the best of times, never mind baking days like yesterday.

It’s my favourite hobby by an absolute mile. Going to take the boy out for a walk round Regent’s Park today in the sun. Have a couple of beers.

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Sounds like he’s your enabler
 
Like others have said it’s all about the dog. Usually between 3/4 hours a day for mine but I have the spare time to do so. I reckon he’d be fine with an hour or 2 per day
 
Depends on the breed, the age and the weather. We have a greyhound (which as a breed can get by with 2 x 20 mins walk a day, as they love sleeping), who used to get much longer walks. But now she's 12 she cant walk as far without getting tired/achey as she once did. Also, if its red hot then we don't take her out as far (or take her out at peak heat times). She gets 2 x 25/30 mins a day (morning and evening) and a quick 5 min job through the day. She loves the beach mind and stills goes on like she's 3, sprinting around, going crackers. Then after 2/3 mins she realises she's 12 and is goosed. :lol:

But a young/middle age working breed/big dog on a normal day may need 2 or 3 much longer walks.
 
Dog goes out for an hour with me in the morning, then an hour with the dog walker during the day.

On a weekend, we are sometimes out for for 3-4 hours as long as it isn't too hot.
 
Hour and a half across three walks during the week. Upwards of two hours on weekends.

Massively restricted at the moment as she’s recovering from surgery.
Dog goes out for an hour with me in the morning, then an hour with the dog walker during the day.

On a weekend, we are sometimes out for for 3-4 hours as long as it isn't too hot.

Can’t take mine outside for very long between about 10am and 6pm in this weather. Her coat is bred for cold, rainy hills and you can see she’s not comfortable out in the heat.
 
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We all have our day-to-day dog-walking routes but where do people go for weekend/longer walks?

Beaches:
Roker, Seaburn, South Shields - need to pay for parking/dogs not welcomed all-year round.
Started going to Crimdon Dene beach recently which has free parking.
If more time/fancy a drive-out then can't beat the Northumberland coastline.

Woods & parks:
Chester-le-Street park/riverside
Herrington Country Park
Penshaw Monument & woods
Fatfield riverside & woods
Elba Park
Hetton Lyons Park
Waldridge Fell
Chopwell woods
Beamish woods
Lambton Estate & Beamish museum but dogs need to be kept on leads.

Any other good local walks the SMB can recommend?
 
*please no showering comments*

How much time does it take you to walk the dog generally speaking?

I used to take my sisters dog for a walk she was only small a small dog so about 15-20 minutes and she was done.

I never fail to see someone walking a dog when I leave the house these days.

woof
I have a medium size dog and we have a 75-90 minute walk in the morning and a 30-45 minute walk in the late afternoon/early evening. Plus the dog has access to a fairly big garden most of the day.
With the good weather, I'm thinking of having longer walks though.
 
We all have our day-to-day dog-walking routes but where do people go for weekend/longer walks?

Beaches:
Roker, Seaburn, South Shields - need to pay for parking/dogs not welcomed all-year round.
Started going to Crimdon Dene beach recently which has free parking.
If more time/fancy a drive-out then can't beat the Northumberland coastline.

Woods & parks:
Chester-le-Street park/riverside
Herrington Country Park
Penshaw Monument & woods
Fatfield riverside & woods
Elba Park
Hetton Lyons Park
Waldridge Fell
Chopwell woods
Beamish woods
Lambton Estate & Beamish museum but dogs need to be kept on leads.

Any other good local walks the SMB can recommend?
Almost everywhere is full of ignorant arseholes who let their dog off their leads and end up running up to and scaring children while their owners walk about 30m behind.
 
We all have our day-to-day dog-walking routes but where do people go for weekend/longer walks?

Beaches:
Roker, Seaburn, South Shields - need to pay for parking/dogs not welcomed all-year round.
Started going to Crimdon Dene beach recently which has free parking.
If more time/fancy a drive-out then can't beat the Northumberland coastline.

Woods & parks:
Chester-le-Street park/riverside
Herrington Country Park
Penshaw Monument & woods
Fatfield riverside & woods
Elba Park
Hetton Lyons Park
Waldridge Fell
Chopwell woods
Beamish woods
Lambton Estate & Beamish museum but dogs need to be kept on leads.

Any other good local walks the SMB can recommend?
Someone told me this morning that the old Sunderland quarry (opposite the greyhound stadium?) is great for walks. Never been there myself.
Someone told me this morning that the old Sunderland quarry (opposite the greyhound stadium?) is great for walks. Never been there myself.
Looking at the map, it must be Fulwell Quarry/Nature Reserve.
 
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We all have our day-to-day dog-walking routes but where do people go for weekend/longer walks?

Beaches:
Roker, Seaburn, South Shields - need to pay for parking/dogs not welcomed all-year round.
Started going to Crimdon Dene beach recently which has free parking.
If more time/fancy a drive-out then can't beat the Northumberland coastline.

Woods & parks:
Chester-le-Street park/riverside
Herrington Country Park
Penshaw Monument & woods
Fatfield riverside & woods
Elba Park
Hetton Lyons Park
Waldridge Fell
Chopwell woods
Beamish woods
Lambton Estate & Beamish museum but dogs need to be kept on leads.

Any other good local walks the SMB can recommend?
Derwenthaugh is one of our favourites. Parking is (was, assume it still is, it gets busy mind) free at the Land of Oak & Iron visitor centre/cafe.
 
Almost everywhere is full of ignorant arseholes who let their dog off their leads and end up running up to and scaring children while their owners walk about 30m behind.
Can't excuse dogs scaring your kids mate but from my experience there's been a huge number of people in parks and woodlands during lockdown who've never been there before and don't know how to behave.
Dog walkers, families, walkers on their own, littering, not picking up dog muck, dogs never been walked before so don't know how to interact with other dogs etc.
Hopefully now the Metro centre is open again these people will return there for their days out and leave our natural areas to people who walked them anyway pre-lockdown.
 
Can't excuse dogs scaring your kids mate but from my experience there's been a huge number of people in parks and woodlands during lockdown who've never been there before and don't know how to behave.
Dog walkers, families, walkers on their own, littering, not picking up dog muck, dogs never been walked before so don't know how to interact with other dogs etc.
Hopefully now the Metro centre is open again these people will return there for their days out and leave our natural areas to people who walked them anyway pre-lockdown.
The government should just make it Illegal to have dogs off a lead except in designated areas. At least that way dog walkers who don't want other people's dogs attacking them will have somewhere to go.
 

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