Exercising is an
important part of a dog's life. An adult beagle in good, hard condition
can work hard for hours, unfortunately for many pet beagles this would
not be so. However, your beagle, as an adult, will enjoy long walks
frequently and the more you do so the fitter he will become.
If you are getting
a beagle puppy, you will need to get it used to wearing either a collar
or a choke chain otherwise you will have difficulties later when you
go to take it for a walk. If you have a large enough section for the
first couple of months puppy will probably get enough exercise just
running around outside. Check with your vet about when it is best to
start walking puppy on the streets (because of the risk of picking up
infections). Otherwise at about six months you could start taking puppy
on SMALL - 10-15 minute - walks around the streets. Remember that puppy
is still growing and you do have to be careful not to over exercise
as this may not be good for it. Gradually increase the amount as puppy
gets older but continue to be cautious about the amount of exercise
your puppy gets till it is fully grown - around 10 - 12 months. Beagles
will walk as long as you do and then be ready to do some more, (another
reason why it is important not to over exercise when they are young
as they do not know when to stop), so once puppy is fully grown it can
be taken on quite long walks or be walked every day of the week.
If you have purchased
or obtained a puppy it very important thing to know and remember is
that because puppy is small and will grow rapidly for several more months
that you need to watch puppy jumping off things. A good rule of thumb
is - if puppy can't jump on to it, don't let it jump off it, especially
peoples knees, out of peoples arms, sofas, beds, steps and so on. This
is very important as the bones in a dogs' body can easily be damaged
if puppy jumps from a height (in relation to his size) and continue
to be wary of this till puppy is at least around 10 months old.