I’ve been researching online for a while now and recently started reading Petfinder’s Adopted Dog Bible but am having trouble figuring out which breed/group of dog is best for us based on how much exercise we can provide. Most of the sources I’ve come across give vague exercise guidelines like “the sporting-group of dogs need a lot of exercise” or “a dog from the herding-group needs to be regularly stimulated mentally and physically”.
These statements make it hard to quantify exactly how much exercise is needed – “a lot” is an ambiguous quantity. During the week, my girlfriend and I are able to walk a dog twice a day and give it some decent indoor/outdoor playtime after work. We have more time to take it outside to play on the weekends - we have a small fenced yard and a couple of parks within walking distance. Would this be enough exercise for an average dog from the sporting group? Terrier group? Herding group? Hound group (scent)?
I would love if someone could rank these 4 groups in order of most to least exercise required (average) for comparison.
These statements make it hard to quantify exactly how much exercise is needed – “a lot” is an ambiguous quantity. During the week, my girlfriend and I are able to walk a dog twice a day and give it some decent indoor/outdoor playtime after work. We have more time to take it outside to play on the weekends - we have a small fenced yard and a couple of parks within walking distance. Would this be enough exercise for an average dog from the sporting group? Terrier group? Herding group? Hound group (scent)?
I would love if someone could rank these 4 groups in order of most to least exercise required (average) for comparison.