cyclonenation10
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My 9 week old golden retriever is doing great so far, will sit, lay, (sometimes stay, come, and rollover). Crate training was pretty much a breeze after the first night, but I've been getting it plenty of exercise (maybe more than optimal) by running him for 30-40 minutes a couple of times a day either in the fields or out shed hunting with my older golden. At times, he will start lightly whining (usually after 25-30 minutes) I'm guessing due to fatigue, which is my queue to start heading back to the truck. I've heard that you can potentially overdo it with a young puppy as they are still developing, however nothing is really forced and we work/walk at a very manageable pace - we are not out there putting on several miles or anything like that. My inclination is that I'm not really doing any harm by potentially being on the higher end of the exercise spectrum (probably a much better place to be that on the lower end), however I just want to know what everyone else thinks? I know this phase won't last long, and he'll probably have more energy than I can handle in a couple of months, but at what age do you quit worrying about "over working" your dog (within reason, obviously). For example, on extremely hot days I will limit my mature dogs time in the fields and make sure we are constantly by water, however outside of that I never worry about over-hunting them as we hunt pretty hard about 5 days a week and I've never had any issues (other than very warm days).
Thanks!
Thanks!