I have a 13 week old lab puppy. Right now she gets lots of trips to our yard throughout the day and I meet her exercise needs by playing with balls and the flirt pole in the yard, but I’m looking forward to when I can actually walk her in a few weeks (after all her shots).
That being said, most of what I’ve seen online is the “5 minutes per month of age 2x a day rule”. I’m worried I can’t logistically do 2 walks a day. Me and my husband have a 6 month old baby and my husband already wakes up around 6am to leave for work- he told me point blank he’s not waking up earlier to walk a puppy and we can just all go on a walk when he gets home / one of us can stay home with baby while the other walks her. Obviously I can’t leave the baby at home alone to walk her (I usually take her out to the yard when baby’s napping and always take the baby monitor). I’m not really confident in my ability to control my large breed puppy while babywearing/pushing a stroller.
Can I realistically meet her exercise needs with one longer walk and plenty of yard play? Eventually I’d like to put her in daycare once or twice a week. I know dog walkers are an option but since we’re on a single five digit income funds are kind of tight.
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