Breeds and exercise - alphabetical

Alphabetical Breeds listGroupDaily ExerciseIdeal Weight Dogs / Bitches (kg)
AffenpinscherToy30 Min3 -4 / 3 - 4
Afghan HoundHoundmore than 2 hours27 - 32 / 23 - 30
Airedale TerrierTerrier1 hour20 - 23 / 20 - 23
AkitaUtilitymore than 2 hours38 - 49 / 38 - 49
Alaskan MalamuteWorkingmore than 2 hours38 - 56 / 38 - 56
Anatolian Shepherd DogPastoralmore than 2 hours
Australian Cattle DogPastoral1 hour20 - 22 / 20 - 22
Australian ShepherdPastoralmore than 2 hours
Australian Silky TerrierToy30 Min3.5 - 4.5 / 3.5 - 4.5
Australian TerrierTerrier1 hour6.5 / 6.5
AzawakhHoundmore than 2 hours
BasenjiHound1 hour11 / 9.5
Basset Bleu De GascogneHoundmore than 2 hours
Basset Fauve De BretagneHoundmore than 2 hours
Basset Griffon Vendeen (Grand)Houndmore than 2 hours
Basset Griffon Vendeen (Petit)Hound1 hour
Basset HoundHound1 hour18 -27 / 16 -23
Bavarian Mountain HoundHoundmore than 2 hours
BeagleHoundmore than 2 hours13 -16 / 11 - 13
Bearded ColliePastoral1 hour20.5 - 25 / 18 - 27
BeauceronWorkingmore than 2 hours
Bedlington TerrierTerrier1 hour8.25 - 10.4 / 8.25 - 10.4
Belgian Shepherd Dog (Groenendael)Pastoralmore than 2 hours
Belgian Shepherd Dog (Laekenois)Pastoralmore than 2 hours
Belgian Shepherd Dog (Malinois)Pastoralmore than 2 hours
Belgian Shepherd Dog (Tervueren)Pastoralmore than 2 hours
BergamascoPastoral1 hour
Bernese Mountain DogWorking1 hour
Bichon FriseToy30 Min8 - 9 / 7 - 8
BloodhoundHoundmore than 2 hours41 - 50 / 36 - 45
BologneseToy30 Min
Border ColliePastoralmore than 2 hours19 - 24 / 18 - 22
Border TerrierTerrier1 hour5.9 - 7.1 / 5.1 - 6.4
BorzoiHound1 hour32 - 39 / 23 - 32
Boston TerrierUtility1 hour4.5 - 11 / 4.5 - 11
Bouvier Des FlandresWorking1 hour35 - 40 / 27 - 35
BoxerWorkingmore than 2 hours30 - 32 / 25 - 27
Bracco ItalianoGun Dogmore than 2 hours
BriardPastoralmore than 2 hours36 - 41 / 32 - 36
BrittanyGun Dogmore than 2 hours15 / 13
Bull TerrierTerrier1 hour18 - 23 / 18 - 23
Bull Terrier (Miniature)Terrier1 hour09-Sep
BulldogUtility1 hour25 / 22.7
BullmastiffWorkingmore than 2 hours50 - 59 / 41 - 50
Cairn TerrierTerrier1 hour6 - 7.5 / 6 - 7.5
Canaan DogUtility1 hour
Canadian Eskimo DogWorkingmore than 2 hours
Catalan SheepdogPastoral30 Min
Cavalier King Charles SpanielToy1 hour5.4 - 8.1 / 5.4 - 8.1
Cesky TerrierTerrier1 hour
Chihuahua (Long Coat)Toy30 Min2.7 / 2.7
Chihuahua (Smooth Coat)Toy30 Min2.7 / 2.7
Chinese CrestedToy30 Min5 - 5.5 / 5 - 5.5
Chow ChowUtility1 hour23 - 32 / 18 - 32
Cirneco Dell'EtnaHound1 hour
Collie (Rough)Pastoral1 hour20.5 - 29.5 / 18 - 32
Collie (Smooth)Pastoral1 hour20.5 - 29.5 / 18 - 32
Coton De TulearToy30 Min
Dachshund (Long-Haired)Hound1 hour9 - 12 / 9 - 12
Dachshund (Miniature Long-Haired)Hound30 Min4.5 / 4.5
Dachshund (Miniature Smooth-Haired)Hound30 Min4.5 / 4.5
Dachshund (Miniature Wire-Haired)Hound30 Min4.5 / 4.5
Dachshund (Smooth-Haired)Hound1 hour9 - 12 / 9 - 12
Dachshund (Wire-Haired)Hound1 hour9 - 12 / 9 - 12
DalmatianUtilitymore than 2 hours27 / 25
Dandie Dinmont TerrierTerrier1 hour8-11 / 8 - 11
DeerhoundHoundmore than 2 hours45.5 / 36.5
DobermannWorkingmore than 2 hours34 - 41 / 29.5 - 36
Dogue de BordeauxWorking1 hour
English SetterGun Dogmore than 2 hours20.4 - 30 / 23 - 27.5
English Toy Terrier (Black & Tan)Toy30 Min2.7 - 3.6 / 2.7 - 3.6
Entlebucher Mountain DogWorking1 hour
Estrela Mountain DogPastoral1 hour
EurasierUtility1 hour
Finnish LapphundPastoral1 hour
Finnish SpitzHound1 hour14 -16 / 14 - 16
Fox Terrier (Smooth)Terrier1 hour7.25 - 8.25 / 6.75 - 7.75
Fox Terrier (Wire)Terrier1 hour8.25 / 8.25
FoxhoundHoundmore than 2 hours32 / 32
French BulldogUtility1 hour12.7 / 10.9
German Longhaired PointerGun Dogmore than 2 hours
German PinscherWorking1 hour
German Shepherd DogPastoralmore than 2 hours34 - 38.5 / 27 - 32
German Shorthaired PointerGun Dogmore than 2 hours25 - 32 / 20 - 27
German Spitz (Klein)Utility30 Min
German Spitz (Mittel)Utility30 Min
German Wirehaired PointerGun Dogmore than 2 hours25 - 34 / 20.5 - 29
Giant SchnauzerWorkingmore than 2 hours
Glen Of Imaal TerrierTerrier1 hour
Gordon SetterGun Dogmore than 2 hours29.5 / 25.5
Grand Bleu De GascogneHoundmore than 2 hours
Great DaneWorkingmore than 2 hoursmin 54 / min 46
Greater Swiss Mountain DogWorking1 hour
Greenland DogWorkingmore than 2 hours
GreyhoundHound1 hour30 - 32 / 27 - 30
Griffon BruxelloisToy30 Min2.2 - 4.9 / 2.2 - 4.9
HamiltonstovareHoundmore than 2 hours
HavaneseToy30 Min
HovawartWorkingmore than 2 hours
Hungarian KuvaszPastoral1 hour
Hungarian PuliPastoral1 hour13 - 15 / 10 - 13
Hungarian VizslaGun Dogmore than 2 hours20 - 30 / 20 - 30
Hungarian Wire Haired VizslaGun Dogmore than 2 hours
Ibizan HoundHoundmore than 2 hours
Irish Red & White SetterGun Dogmore than 2 hours
Irish SetterGun Dogmore than 2 hours27 - 30 / 25 - 27
Irish TerrierTerrier1 hour12.2 / 11.3
Irish WolfhoundHoundmore than 2 hours54.5 / 40.9
Italian GreyhoundToy1 hour2.7 - 4.5 / 2.7 - 4.5
Italian SpinoneGun Dogmore than 2 hours
Japanese Akita InuUtilitymore than 2 hours
Japanese ChinToy30 Min1.8 - 3.2 / 1.8 - 3.2
Japanese Shiba InuUtility1 hour
Japanese SpitzUtility1 hour
KeeshondUtility1 hour16 - 23 / 16 - 20.5
Kerry Blue TerrierTerrier1 hour15 - 17 / 16
King Charles SpanielToy30 Min3.6 - 6.3 / 3.6 - 6.3
KomondorPastoral1 hour
KooikerhondjeGun Dog1 hour
Korean JindoUtility1 hour
Korthals GriffonGun Dogmore than 2 hours
Lagotto RomagnoloGun Dogmore than 2 hours
Lakeland TerrierTerrier1 hour7.7 / 6.8
Lancashire HeelerPastoral1 hour
Large MunsterlanderGun Dogmore than 2 hours25 - 29 / 25
LeonbergerWorkingmore than 2 hours
Lhasa ApsoUtility30 Min07/06/2007
Lowchen (Little Lion Dog)Toy30 Min1.8 - 4 / 1.8 - 4
MalteseToy30 Min2 - 4 / 2 - 4
Manchester TerrierTerrier1 hour41494
Maremma SheepdogPastoralmore than 2 hours
MastiffWorking1 hour57 - 89 / 57 - 89
Mexican Hairless (Intermediate)Utility1 hour
Mexican Hairless (Miniature)Utility30 Min
Mexican Hairless (Standard)Utility1 hour
Miniature PinscherToy30 Min3 - 4 / 3 - 4
Miniature SchnauzerUtility1 hour7 - 8 / 7 - 8
Neapolitan MastiffWorking1 hour
NewfoundlandWorking1 hour64 - 69 / 50 - 54
Norfolk TerrierTerrier1 hour41431
Norwegian BuhundPastoral1 hour15 / 14
Norwegian ElkhoundHound1 hour
Norwich TerrierTerrier1 hour06-Jun
Old English SheepdogPastoralmore than 2 hours27 - 41 / 23 - 27
OtterhoundHoundmore than 2 hours
PapillonToy30 Min1.5 - 2 / 2 - 3
Parson Russell TerrierTerrier1 hour
PekingeseToy30 Min5 / 5.5
Pharaoh HoundHoundmore than 2 hours23 / 20
PointerGun Dogmore than 2 hours23 - 25 / 23 - 25
Polish Lowland SheepdogPastoralmore than 2 hours
PomeranianToy30 Min1.8 - 2 / 2 - 2.5
Poodle (Miniature)Utility1 hour5.5 - 7 / 5.5 - 7
Poodle (Standard)Utility1 hour20 - 31 / 20 - 31
Poodle (Toy)Utility1 hour3.5 - 5.5 / 3.5 - 5.5
Portuguese PodengoHound30 Min
Portuguese PointerGun Dog1 hour
Portuguese Water DogWorking1 hour
PugToy30 Min6.3 - 8.1 / 6.3 - 8.1
Pyrenean MastiffWorking1 hour
Pyrenean Mountain DogPastoral1 hourmin 50 / min 40
Pyrenean Sheepdog (Long Haired)Pastoral1 hour
Retriever (Chesapeake Bay)Gun Dogmore than 2 hours
Retriever (Curly Coated)Gun Dogmore than 2 hours32 - 36 / 32 - 36
Retriever (Flat Coated)Gun Dogmore than 2 hours25 - 35 / 25 - 34
Retriever (Golden)Gun Dogmore than 2 hours31.7 - 36.3 / 27.2 - 31.7
Retriever (Labrador)Gun Dogmore than 2 hours35 / 30
Retriever (Nova Scotia Duck Tolling)Gun Dog1 hour
Rhodesian RidgebackHoundmore than 2 hours34 - 38.5 / 29.5 - 34
RottweilerWorkingmore than 2 hours45.5 - 54.5 / 36 - 41
Russian Black TerrierWorkingmore than 2 hours
SalukiHoundmore than 2 hours20 - 27 / 16 - 23
SamoyedPastoralmore than 2 hours20 - 25 / 16 - 20.5
SchipperkeUtility30 Min5.4 - 7.3 / 5.4 - 7.3
SchnauzerUtility1 hour41 - 50 / 41 - 50
Scottish TerrierTerrier1 hour8.5 - 10.5 / 8.5 - 10.5
Sealyham TerrierTerrier1 hour9.1 / 8.2
Segugio ItalianoHoundmore than 2 hours
Shar PeiUtility1 hour
Shetland SheepdogPastoral1 hour8 - 10 / 8 - 10
Shih TzuUtility1 hour4.5 - 8.1 / 4.5 - 8.1
Siberian HuskyWorkingmore than 2 hours20 - 27 / 16 - 23
Skye TerrierTerrier1 hour11.3 / 10.5
SloughiHoundmore than 2 hours
Slovakian Rough Haired PointerGun Dog1 hour
Small MunsterlanderGun Dog1 hour
Soft-Coated Wheaten TerrierTerrier1 hour16 - 20.5 / 16 - 20.5
Spaniel (American Cocker)Gun Dogmore than 2 hours11 - 13 / 11 - 13
Spaniel (American Water)Gun Dog30 Min
Spaniel (Clumber)Gun Dog1 hour25 - 32 / 20 - 27
Spaniel (Cocker)Gun Dog1 hour12.7 - 14.5 / 12.7 - 14.5
Spaniel (English Springer)Gun Dogmore than 2 hours23 / 23
Spaniel (Field)Gun Dogmore than 2 hours18 - 25 / 18 - 25
Spaniel (Irish Water)Gun Dogmore than 2 hours27 / 27
Spaniel (Sussex)Gun Dogmore than 2 hours23 / 23
Spaniel (Welsh Springer)Gun Dogmore than 2 hours16 - 20.5 / 16 - 20.5
Spanish Water DogGun Dog1 hour
St. BernardWorking1 hour73 - 78 / 63.5 - 73.5
Staffordshire Bull TerrierTerrier1 hour13 - 17 / 11 - 15.5
Swedish LapphundPastoral1 hour
Swedish VallhundPastoral1 hour
Tibetan MastiffWorking1 hour
Tibetan SpanielUtility1 hour
Tibetan TerrierUtility1 hour11 - 13.5 / 11 - 13.5
Turkish Kangal DogPastoralmore than 2 hours
WeimaranerGun Dogmore than 2 hours25 - 30 / 20 - 35
Welsh Corgi (Cardigan)Pastoral1 hour9.1 - 11.8 / 9 - 10
Welsh Corgi (Pembroke)Pastoral1 hour10 - 12 / 10 - 11
Welsh TerrierTerrier1 hour9 - 9.5 / 9 - 9.5
West Highland White TerrierTerrier1 hour8 - 9 / 7 - 8
WhippetHound1 hour10 - 13 / 8 - 11
Yorkshire TerrierToy30 Min03-Mar
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