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Michael Romanos · 05-07-2008, 10:07 PM

This is an easy one to address for me because i have been heavily involved in athletics both as a competitor and as a coach. You wouldn't eat a main meal and then immediately go for a 20 minute etc jog. To a Corgi a 20 minute walk at a normal Corgi walking/cantering clip (which is not slow walking) would be the equivalent of a human jogging the same distance. If straight after a main meal you take your Corgi out into the yard or to a park and get him fetching, chasing etc ie speed exercising - that would be much worse than a steady walk. The effects of both these actions are to exert a Corgi when he/she has not had sufficient time to properly digest their food and could have serious repercussions.

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Michael Romanos Global Moderator Dog Profile Status: Offline Posts: 4,407 Join Date: Oct 2005 Location: Silverstream (near Wellington, the capital of NZ)	05-07-2008, 10:07 PM This is an easy one to address for me because i have been heavily involved in athletics both as a competitor and as a coach. You wouldn't eat a main meal and then immediately go for a 20 minute etc jog. To a Corgi a 20 minute walk at a normal Corgi walking/cantering clip (which is not slow walking) would be the equivalent of a human jogging the same distance. If straight after a main meal you take your Corgi out into the yard or to a park and get him fetching, chasing etc ie speed exercising - that would be much worse than a steady walk. The effects of both these actions are to exert a Corgi when he/she has not had sufficient time to properly digest their food and could have serious repercussions.