The Husky is a working dog, so maintaining a certain amount of exercise is a must. Appropriate exercise, such as taking your husky for walks and doing accompanying training, is very beneficial to the health of dogs.
Especially after the age of 8, the husky dog begins to enter the old age. At this time, if you can have a moderate amount of activity, you can activate the muscles, ligaments, joints and bones of the whole body, and you can avoid it. Flatulence, indigestion, constipation and other problems.
1. How much exercise should huskies in their prime be?
For huskies raised in urban areas, if the adult weight is within 5 kg, the The usual amount of activity in the apartment is sufficient.
Husky dogs weighing up to 10 kg should walk for more than 15 minutes a day.
A husky weighing 10-15 kg should walk for more than 30 minutes a day.
A husky weighing up to 20 kg should walk for more than 60 minutes a day.
Dogs weighing more than 25 kg should walk for at least 120 minutes a day.
2. Avoid a lot of intense exercise on weekends
Some dogs have little activity from Monday to Friday, but do a lot of activity on Saturday or Sunday , Even strenuous exercise is actually very bad, especially it may cause many heart, spine, ligament and joint injuries in dogs over six years old. So you should do regular exercise.
Walking out, following the master's pace, step by step, is the best exercise. First, it can cultivate the relationship between the owner and the dog. Second, both people and dogs have enough and moderate exercise. If it is a large dog, it needs more daily walking. It is more appropriate for family members to take turns to accompany him for a walk several times a day. Method.
3. Strenuous exercise should be avoided for huskies in old age
People and dogs should not do anything that will make their heart beat and breathe after they are in their prime. Very fast and long-term exercise, when breathing and heartbeat are maintained very fast for several minutes or more than ten minutes, it is easy to cause hypoxia in the heart muscle and many tissues in the body.
It should be remembered that the purpose of exercise at this time is not to burn calories, but for the health of blood circulation, muscles, ligaments, joints and internal organs of the whole body.