LiiL_L0cz_Red_N0se

kenya is 5 months old this week, and i was curious as to when can i start, i guess, challenging her as far as excersize goes. chyna, my landlords dog, is 2 1/2 and before i got kenya, chyna would run my 5 miles with me every morning. i know 5 miles is a bit much for my pup but i take her on hikes once a week, and she plays with chyna everyday for hours on end. the other day when we reached the top of our hike, i decided to run down the trail with kenya for a little... maybe about 1/2 a mile. i didnt want to push her becuase i dont know what is too much ahhaha. any ideas????

after she plays with chyna she is always dead beet tired, but i want to do more "training" because im a runner and am training for the police dept, and would like to take her with me on my runs.

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Elvisfink

Five month is really young and you don’t want to over work a young pup. Right now their bones are still growing and joints are still developing. At this time all they needs is lots of enjoyable walks, playing with a flirt pole and spring pole (back feet should stay on the ground) but a puppy should have no real set program or be pushed to over exercise. You want to get them excited about exercising so you can set the groundwork for a fit and sound adult dog.

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bahamutt99

I would give her until a year before you start pushing her. We started doing more exercising of our pups when they hit 8 months old, but always taking care not to overexert them or work them on hard surfaces.

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JrPit

That is very true. I would wait till the dog reaches adulthood. Then u can break him in miles at time. The same way we would train. Im a runner myself and I work in that field and of course I need to exercise and so does my APBT. This worked for me.