How much exercise?

[rrprincess30]

Hello! I am getting a new corgi pup in about 3 weeks. I am a teacher and I cannot come home at lunch to walk her, etc. I am planning to walk her in the mornings and evenings. I know that corgis are very active and I was wondering how long, I could expect a corgi pup to walk at a time. I wanted to really get her some good exercise before I go to work.

Any ideas?

[corgimom]

rrprincess30

Exactly when will you go back to teaching and how old will the puppy be at
that time? You are going to have to be somewhat careful about where you take her until she is fully vaccinated in regards to her walking.

Do you have any relative or neighbor that would be willing to come to your home during the lunch hour and let her out potty and give her some play time? It makes for quite a long day for a new pup to be by herself. Maybe someone would be willing to do this for a small fee until your pup is older.

You mention that you are getting her in 3 weeks, so I am assuming you are
starting back to school within 2 weeks after that?

linda

[darci]

I have always heard ( cant remember the source ) that a pup can hold thier bladder in hours as they are old in months up to 6 months.
So if if shes 3 months old she can hold it for 3 hours.
Now this doesnt really hold true for bedtime, both of mine have slept through the night after age 3 months , but we go out pretty early in the am, 5:30 am.

Gosh I seem to be rambling lol
I second the advice already given to you, I would see if I couldnt find someone to take her out at lunch.

On the days I cant come home at lunch my father in law takes the dogs out for me.

[corgimom]

Same here, we go out around 5:30 a.m. Cody is used to that schedule because Hubby gets up at that time to leave for work. He was boarded for the weekend and I got to sleep until 7 - that felt so good.

linda

[darci]

Hubby and I take turns on the weekends sleeping in until around 7:30 or 8:00 LOL soooo nice.

[corgimom]

I would have never thought that 7 a.m. was considered sleeping in.

linda

[Michael Romanos]

It would help with a bit more detail.
A pup of two-three months doesn't need any formalised walks and it is the formative time for teaching to walk comfortably on a leash around your property. Of course there are the initial vaccination programme to complete before allowing out in public places.

Between four-six months a series of ten minute walks is sufficient on a daily basis. Over six months and you're getting to the situation of asking: when enough exercise is enough.

[minnesotaCorgi]

I choose to go on short walks in a secure area with my 13-week old puppy, Penny. Like many others, we walk once between 5:00 am and 6:00 am () and maybe two or three short walks during the day/evening, right after her bathroom breaks. In my opinion, the benefits of walking a puppy include:

1. Getting her used to a leash (obviously)
2. Establishing my role as an authority figure (being the child of ex-hippies, I really need practice at this)
3. Making her less finicky about eating—she’s usually hungrier after a little walk. This also makes her food a “reward� instead of something she gets without working for it a little bit.
4. Allowing her to feel “relaxed� verses “confined� when in her crate.

The walks are light and generally last 10-20 minutes. I started out with a body harness and recently moved to a gentle leader. Right now the most important thing for me isn’t the length of the walk, but that we practice it regularly.

Regarding how long a puppy can “hold it� during the day, I’ve subscribed to the following formula that I heard from my local Humane Society:

No. months old + 1 = No. hours they can hold it

When my puppy was 2 months old, she could comfortably go about 3 hours during the day without having an accident in her crate, provided she hadn’t just gulped a bunch of water before being kenneled. I leave for work at 6:30 am and my Dad stops by midmorning to let her out. The one time my Dad wasn’t able to let her out (~12 weeks old) she was able to wait until I got home at around noon to let her out.

[dcole]

I walk Trevor in the morning around 7-8am for 15-20 minutes, then Chris walks him in the evening around 6pm (or later, since the weather's been so hot lately.)

Oh, and walking seems to get him MORE fired up and wanting to play, instead of making him tired, so our morning walks are usually follwed by a short game of fetch the tennis ball, before I leave for work.

-Debi