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[quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous][b]I think it's important to define what you mean by "just walks." I have a dog who is great with "just walks" - we live in the city with no backyard to speak of - but that means we get up and walk for an hour every single day at 6am. [/b]

And by doing so, we set the pup up for success and are able to do 2-3 shorter walks through other parts of the day.

Also, do not correlate the size of the dog with energy level. I've seen 30 lb dogs with run all day energy and big dogs who are pretty happy to laze about.[/quote]

Yes, I have two 60+ lb medium to large active dogs and they are fine with "just walks" and no backyard. They get about 1.5 hours in the morning, 45 minutes in the afternoon, and an hour at night. Obviously a huge time commitment (but keeps us all pretty fit!) but I've actually come around to feeling like they owners who think a big yard is s substitute for walks or other more vigorous exercise (we do some of that too) are cheating their dogs more than us cover-ground walkers. [/quote]

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