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Hi all Am back from a trip overseas and have found all of your comments very helpful. We've cut back on the walking time and distance this doesn't appear to have had a negative impact on her highness! She still loves going out for her walks. Thanks everyone and I'll keep reading!

good morning all. Thanks very much for the advice. Hubby is now feeling very bad...he had read that these dogs needed lots of exercise....I guess we should have come here first! As for the games-she loves the chasing of balls and stuff so we will increase those. I am off to visit the spitz thread now! have a great day!!

Hi there. I've been a member since we decided to get a dog in December and I've found the forum to be really interesting! This is the first time that I am actually putting something up so please be gentle!! We have a siberian husky (Misty) who has just turned 5 months old and were a bit worried that we may be walking her too much! She loves her walks/runs but hubby takes her for 2km exercises...maybe twice a day? however, for the last three days here on the Gold Coast, she'd be lucky to get 2km in 3 days with the rain we've been getting! She is going spare! Our concern is that we've read somewhere that she should only be walking 5 minutes per month of her age. This is way too weird to think about! We thought that being a husky, she needed lots of exercise but are worried that maybe we are doing too much at this early stage. Obviously, its not just the length of time ...maybe we should be concerned with distance? How much exercise should she be getting? I know it varies from breed to breed so comments from siberian husky owners or breeders would be really handy, though I'd love to hear what others do for their dogs! What do people think?