Which dogs do you have? Do you spend enough time with your dogs?

@ajithlal (14716)
India
May 3, 2007 7:56pm CST
Which dogs do you have? Do you spend enough time with your pets? Do you take them for walking? Do you play with them?
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@00fear (3216)
• United States
4 May 07
i have a pitbull who is really hyper but we still love her. we do spend some quality times with her when we all come home from, either work and/or school. we play with her a lot and when my friend and i go to walk, we take our pets (he has one too). our dogs always cheer our day when we come home from a long day of work or school.
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@Ravenladyj (22904)
• United States
4 May 07
my mutts - my dogs just chillin on the lawn
I have two dogs that are part Chow and part Shepard (one of them, the other we think is part Lab)...I dont need to take them for walks simply because we live in the country and they have tons of running room as it is but sometimes I'll take them out into our woods and let them really run (we have an electric fence so they cant get into the woods on a daily basis)....As for spending time with them...well I dont work so ya, I spend tons of time with them every day LOL in fact they are my babies above anyone elses in this house;-)
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@brendalee (6082)
• United States
4 May 07
I have five dogs and they are a lab/rot mix. I spend lots of time with my pets. I don't walk them often but they get their exercise by running around in a fenced in area. I will sometimes go out there and play with them. My dogs are spoiled and they are usually not far from me.
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@Calais (10893)
• Australia
4 May 07
My Australian Kelpie Puppy girl - My Australian Kelpie puppy girl.
I have 2 dogs at the moment, a Doberman and an Australian Kelpie. They spend more time with me than they do alone, we go for a walk and/or play everyday. They keep me company inside the house and love it. They are spoilt rotten.
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@KissThis (3003)
• United States
4 May 07
I have a total of three dogs. Two german shepard mixes and a brittany spaniel. The brittany is an older dog who has his good and bad days about getting around. He doesn't liketo take walks but does enjoy being able to walk around the yard. My other two dogs are younger dogs who enjoy their twice a day walks as well as the time that we play in the back yard playing fetch.
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• United States
4 May 07
I have a Bearded Collie and a Polish Lowland Sheepdog. I am getting a Beardie puppy later this summer. Both of my dogs get walked for about 45 minutes to an hour a day. My Beardie gets roadworked on a bike every other weekday for 20 minutes to improve his muscle tone. They both get a good long run at our local park once a week, or twice if I have some extra time, but it seems to be at a premium lately. Both go to herding lessons once a week for an hour. My PON goes hiking with me every Friday because I am training to climb Mt Whitney. And every weekend I take my Beardie to dog shows because I am currently specialing him. Overall I'd say they get plenty of exercise, but I am still shocked that they have so much energy at the end of the day. Oh well. . my fault for choosing herding breeds!
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@stephcjh (38473)
• United States
4 May 07
I have one Pomeranian dog that I have had for 9 years now. I got him when he was just a baby. I spend time with him every day just like he is one the kids. I spoil him rotten just like you would a child. I take him for walks and I also get down in the floor and play with him every day. He is also a good bed partner for my husband and I. He sleeps at the foot of the bed so he can feel the air coming from the oscillating fan. My husband and I play with him all the time. He loves to play fight.
• United States
4 May 07
I only have one dog now. Lost the other one last summer. Sad story...Anyhoo...The one I have left is a lab and german sheppard mix and I spend most of my days with him. I am a stay at home mom. He is spoiled rotten and the kids love him too, so he gets tons of attention. I also take him for long walks over the fields of our farm, and he gets to run around at night when the neighbor is sleeping. (Long story there) I like to wrestle with him as he is a very energetic dog and needs to play to wear off some of it. :)
• United States
4 May 07
I have a Black Labrador Mix. He's like my son and best friend (next to my wife. He's still a puppy so I don't take him everywhere I go. However, I can't wait to spend time with him when I get off work. He likes to play tug-of-war and wrestle so we do that often. I just moved into a nice complex with a few other dogs so my wife and I take for a long walk everyday. Depending on the weather, the longer the walk. I can't wait until he gets a little bigger.
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4 May 07
I have a mini dachshund 11 1/2 months named Kosmo. He's basically with me all the time except when I go to work. I work 4 hours a day which isn't long. He loves to go on walks and in the car when I go on errands. I've been taking him to training classes for the last 6 months so he's gotten pretty good at tricks and commands. I spend a lot of time on him trying to teach him his commands at home and reiterating them. My husband is the one who spends the most time playing with him. He loves squeeky toys and will fetch any of them that are thrown.