What is the right amount of daily exercise for my chocolate Labrador?
We’ve owned several labs – and they all seem to have their own different needs for exercise. A good rule of thumb is that labs need at least 30 mins of exercise at least 3 times of day if they do not have a yard to run in. If the do have a yard, then running/walking them 2 times for 30 mins (1-2 miles) should be sufficient. Depending upon your habitat, making sure that they can run/exercise in the morning and in the evening is important. The age of your lab is important as well. We have had two lab pups (1 yr old) that require running almost 10 miles a day on the beach. These were dogs that did not have a yard to run in. The way we gauged how much they needed to run was how much energy they had left when we got to the house. Our older labs only needed to walk 1-2 miles a day…because they were older. Try walking your dog 1-2 miles in the morning and evening. That should do the trick.
