where do you walk the dog when it's super rainy?

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The trainer at PetSmart told me that it's fine to walk the dog in the store, but the though of doing laps for 30 minutes sounds boring.

Where do you walk the dog when it's pouring down rain?

[Kahala]

We usually walk in the rain, but its super short to get business done, not for exercise

[InBetweenDays]

We don't. But our dogs are 10 and 11. Seriously though when we do take them out in the rain we just do the normal neighborhood route.

[jennlin]

we don't. we play fetch inside the house

[fiddles]

No walks in the rain for us. Thankfully we have a fenced in backyard so the dogs just run outside and do their business.

Are you asking because you want to give Betty exercise? Or for potty purposes? If it's for exercise, our trainer told us that by working the dog for 10-15 minutes it actually wears them out a lot. Betty is small enough you could play in the house and not worry about things being broke.

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We have a fenced yard, so she runs out to potty, but I'm more concerned about the exercise. We play fetch in the house, but I feel guilty that it's not enough.

Fiddles, she's 28lbs, so she's not a tiny girl....

[sarack]

you should put your dog on a treadmill.. betty will be fine to not take a walk right now.

[fiddles]

Nov 19, 2012 16:43:24 GMT -5 @uwhuskygirl said:

We have a fenced yard, so she runs out to potty, but I'm more concerned about the exercise. We play fetch in the house, but I feel guilty that it's not enough.

Fiddles, she's 28lbs, so she's not a tiny girl....

You have to remember I have a 95 pound dog haha. Every thing under 40 is small to me.

Don't feel guilty. Dogs are like people. They'll adapt and chill out in the winter.

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Nov 19, 2012 17:11:47 GMT -5 fiddles said:

Nov 19, 2012 16:43:24 GMT -5 @uwhuskygirl said:

We have a fenced yard, so she runs out to potty, but I'm more concerned about the exercise. We play fetch in the house, but I feel guilty that it's not enough.

Fiddles, she's 28lbs, so she's not a tiny girl....

You have to remember I have a 95 pound dog haha. Every thing under 40 is small to me.

Don't feel guilty. Dogs are like people. They'll adapt and chill out in the winter.

Lol. I think I missed this! I didn't realize he was so big!

[mkate710]

My dog is so small I'm probably not even qualified to post in this thread

Coco is spoiled. She has a condo grass potty patch in the covered area of our deck. She does not get enough exercise in this kind of weather, but we try to play with her in the house as much as possible. I always watch for a break in the rain, and try to dart outside with her if it lightens up even a little. She's ok in light rain, but she would be a whiney butt in this kind of rain.

[mkate710]

Nov 19, 2012 22:21:30 GMT -5 @emy said:

Link hates rain, so we're basically in and out just so he can go to the bathroom. We play inside, and do more obedience practice than normal so his mind gets more tired .

this seems to work well for Coco too. As does a car ride. She will wind down after being stimulated, even if it's not a walk in her favorite park.

Happily, the rain died down here and H managed to get Coco out for a walk. She's nice and chill now.

[fiddles]

Nov 19, 2012 19:17:36 GMT -5 @uwhuskygirl said:

Nov 19, 2012 17:11:47 GMT -5 fiddles said:

You have to remember I have a 95 pound dog haha. Every thing under 40 is small to me.

Don't feel guilty. Dogs are like people. They'll adapt and chill out in the winter.

Lol. I think I missed this! I didn't realize he was so big!

He is a beast. 95 pounds and still filling out. Vet says 100+. At 12 weeks he was 30 pounds haha

From my phone yo!

[jennlin]

Nov 19, 2012 23:25:45 GMT -5 fiddles said:

Nov 19, 2012 19:17:36 GMT -5 @uwhuskygirl said:

Lol. I think I missed this! I didn't realize he was so big!

He is a beast. 95 pounds and still filling out. Vet says 100+. At 12 weeks he was 30 pounds haha

From my phone yo!

95 pounds is a small dog in my mind, still

my hercules was 120 in his prime :heart:

[maddysmum]

Our beast hates the rain. She's just decided that this fall, apparently. She walks to the door, looks outside, backs up and stares up at us waiting for us to make it stop. It's going to be a long winter.

Oh - and she's a water dog. She's a Newfoundland. I'll admit - I have no sympathy!

Luckily, she's also super lazy so she doesn't miss outside time too much. We also have a doggie daycare that she LOVES.

[fiddles]

Nov 20, 2012 8:44:12 GMT -5 jennlin said:

95 pounds is a small dog in my mind, still

my hercules was 120 in his prime

Haha True but Wrig's is still growing. Vet originally estimated 130 and I seriously hope it doesn't get to that. I'd be perfectly happy if he stayed the size he is now.