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[quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous]A young dog who is taken on a morning walk and needs another walk again midday is not a "high energy dog."  Did you find nothing out about dogs before you adopted.  They are living beings who need exercise and to relieve themselves (urinate, defecate) regularly through the course of their days.

You don't give the age of your dog, or the breed, but when we adopted our dog at age 1, we gave her up to 5 walks a day.  Not an hour each, but for example, she got a 10 minute walk upon awakening, then an hour walk midmorning, a half hour walk after lunch, another good hour late afternoon or early evening, and a final 20 to 30 minute walk before bedtime.

Now that she's older, one hour walk is enough, but OP, you can't adopt a dog and expect that dog to just think, oh, okay, I'm only going to pee and poop at 8 every morning and hold it all day.

Toys can't possibly fix this problem.[/quote]

OP here - No need for your condeseiontion. As I said in my original post, she is a mutt (at least 9 different breeds according to her wisdom panel).  And no, the rescue did not give us much information other than she was coming from a high-kill shelter and was good with other dogs.  We 'think' she's about a year old (according to vet and our own observations) so definitely sill puppy, and we knew that going in.  As a longtime dog owner I am well aware she is a 'living being' I can't expect to just take her out once and call it a day.  She gets multiple walks and potty breaks throughout the day.  I am not worried about her level of enegy since I know she'll calm as she gets older, I was looking for thoughts from people about how to best manage her energy now.

I define her as high-energy becaue if she does not get that long morning walk she has zoomies and is destructive in the morning as well.  During her afternoon active time we will often play tug with her, fetch in the house, train her, etc, which is AFTER the midday walk (that I did mention in my first post) and she will still get zoomies, run up and down the stairs, eat shoes or furniture, etc.

Thank you so much to the folks who have responded with useful feedback - I really appreciate it![/quote]

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