How much exercise do you give your JRT? We have my parent's two dogs here at the mo, one of which is a JRT. Mum says that he doesn't stop when at home, but since being here, after his walk, pretty much has just chilled out. I have two GSDs, so I've just given him the same amount of exercise that they get, so I have a sneaky feeling that Mum just doesn't give him enough if he's always on the go at home.
I've never owned one myself but many of my friends did when I lived down in west Penwith (farming country). Most I knew that walked theirs walked them for a good hour a day once but a lot of them just had a hell of a lot of open ground to chase about on. I never saw them as lazy or sleepy dogs. They seemed to only sleep when they needed to. I wouldn't even have considered one when I was looking for a dog suitable for an apartment. Not because I wouldn't be able to walk it but because I don't think it would be happy in too confined a space.
Mine is very laid back - a true couch potato. My dogs get between one and two hours a day and she spends the rest of her time snoozing and cuddling. She enjoys her walks and runs around but I wouldn't call her an energetic dog by any means. My Mum's JRT is more terrier like than Rogue, but she too is very chilled in the house. She gets one long walk and one shorter walk per day and spends the rest of her time looking for comfy places to veg out.
Jimmi has one walk a day.........which varies in length between three quarters of an hour and two hours, depending on my back and his mood! The rest of the time he spends snoozing somewhere warm and comfortable, interspersed with the odd mosey around outside.
Mojo is great, she can have a walk and the rest of the day she is chilled and she is only 16 months she will walk and run as far as the Border Collies when she is with them, but I don't think its because she needs it ....its more that she doesn't want to be out-done by them Often on walks though once she has tired/slowed down she sticks alongside me and me and her have just a chilled out walk whilst Pat is still keeping the BC's amused;-)
Varies! On weekdays; Jin is walked between 1-2 hours while I am at work, and plays ALL day (more than their yorkie and simular age JRT). I like to walk her when I get home, usually 30-45 mins off lead sniffle and training in the local park, just so I still get to enjoy this with her. In the summer, she'll get a 30-45 min walk before I go to work, and then go to the pupsitters a few hours after Ive left so she doesnt get dependant on people being around. Shes usually picked up 30min-1 hr after I leave at the moment. On weekends, I stuff as much in as possible- a day out possibly, or a nice walk somewhere different/trip in the car type thing. And then on Sunday we have flyball where Jin bombs around with her friends and after balls..... Jin can be a very active dog with tonnes of energy. And yet, when I was jobless, she was also happy to lay on my tummy for entire days while I scoured for jobs and cried......without even asking for a play or a walk.......
Frankie my terrier mix will take as much exercise as he can get, which is usually at least 2 hours a day and he is a very busy terrier, he can do chilled but prefers to be busy. My previous Prt was pretty much the same right into old age.
I think the thing with a lot of dogs is that the more exercise and stimulation you give them, the more they expect.
Yep, and if I didn't have the other dogs to exercise, and just had Rogue, I reckon I could be a lazy fair weather walker....
My Mil keeps trying to dognap Frankie and he'd be converted to a fat lazy lap dog in no time if she ever got her way.
Coco is only half JRT and also 10 months old but I'd say at a minimum she get's 30 minutes a day. There have been day's where I'm ill and she has been happy to snuggle all day with only potty break's. There have been day's where we do a 30min walk in the morning or the evening and she's happy all day. And there have been day's where we will spend 3 hours in the park,then go shopping,then visit people and then walk home. She takes everything in her stride and there is not a noticeable difference in her behavior regardless of what we do!
I used to walk my JRT twice daily 40 mins each time but he loved the longer walks sometimes 3 hours but that was not a regular walk only during summer months at the week end, they will generally walk as far as you want but no shorter than 40 mins otherwise your bound to get a sulking jack.lol
Would say up to an hour in the morning and upto an hour in the evening. You can walk him the 8 miles into work though and it doesn't seem to make a lot of difference to his fatigue levels - he'll still chill til about three AKA Tug o'clock - then chill again til home time.
