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KittenInTheTree said:
One minute of exercising on lead per week of age, up until one year :)
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Thanks KITT :)

hobo said:
Lovely dog glad she is settling well. I am sure you will have a lot of fun in agility. The advice from KITT is good I just knew you should not over walk pups until they are adult the bigger they are the more important but never seen the min per week up to one which is nice and simple to follow.
Look forward to lots more photo's.
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You really need to get on FB hobo, there are lots on there, and video. It's a real pain having to go via photobucket, so I don't post very many on here.

WandaMare said:
She is adorable, how lovely for you. Enjoy :)
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Thanks :)

LD&S said:
I've never had a pup but had no idea it was so little, less than 5 minutes a day at 6 months.

I think I misread it, does it mean each day?
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Yes I think you've misunderstood; one minute per week of age, so next week she is 15 weeks so that's 15 minutes per day.

WorkingGSD said:
The rule of thumb for puppy exercise is that a pup should have no more than five minutes of walking for every month of his age. So that would be fifteen minutes a day maximum for a three month old puppy, twenty minutes for a four month old and so on. However, that is on lead, "forced" exercise on hard ground. I allow my pups as much free running on soft ground around the garden, allowing rest whenever needed, as they like. I avoid exercising pups (and adults) on a full stomach and avoid repetitive throwing of a ball on a regular basis. Far better to hide the ball and have your dog find it, or teach your dog to sit and wait while you throw the ball and then release them to fetch it. So many sprains, strains and joint problems can be caused from dogs twisting and turning to catch a moving ball. Also, you have to remember that collies tend to become very focused and too much ball throwing can trigger obsessive behaviour in this breed.

Collies are obviously little bright sparks, so rather than lots of exercise as puppies, I do plenty of short, fun training sessions and clicker training is brilliant for shaping behaviour, having fun and letting your puppy use her considerable brain power. Happy to supply links for training ideas if you like :)
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That's brilliant, really helpful. A few things I hadn't considered there: making her wait until I say fetch isn't something that had even crossed my mind. I've got "Brain Games for Puppies" (recommended by Chiffy) which I'm looking at but more links would be great, thanks. I've been wondering if clicker training might be the way to go, she is very quick to learn stuff but tends to focus on the treat rather than my command word IYSWIM.
 
JennBags said:
I don't understand, have you confused me with someone else? Pup with issues?



Thanks, good advice. Are there guidelines somewhere do you know? We have a lot of sheep around here so unlikely to be letting her off lead for a while until we know how she is with livestock, and how good her recall is, so hopefully won't be overrunning her.
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I do 5 minutes of exercise per day for every month they are but mental training a four ish ten minute sessions a day on simple stuff like wait (waiting for food or for a toy) paw. Touch, sit. Stay, come, fetch a toy. Staying while you throw the toy (not far as pup is tiny) and then asking to go get it and bring it back etc just little sessions to get the brain working as the worst thing you can do is have a physically fit collie that is mentally bored.

If you can ask a farmer if you can do a few walk sessions in a feild next to the sheep and get her focusing on you so as she grows up she has done her training around those types of distractions.
That's what a friend of mine did and I do at my yard when the sheep are on the feilds in winter when I walk them.
 
LD&S said:
I've never had a pup but had no idea it was so little, less than 5 minutes a day at 6 months.

I think I misread it, does it mean each day?
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Sorry, yes, each day! It only applies to the on lead exercising. Lots of great advice from the others on working their brains and managing playtime :)
 
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