Are you walking your dog enough?

How much exercise does your dog need? How do you overcome some of the barriers to regular walks' Professors Paul McGreevy and Adrian Bauman from the University of Sydney explain in this opinion piece. It seems that 40 percent of Australian dogs are not walked enough and that a similar percentage of dogs are overweight or obese. With colleagues at the University of Sydney, we are interested in collecting more recent data on these trends. Why do dogs need to be walked?. Some people assume that a big backyard gives dogs enough exercise to keep them happy and healthy. But dogs need to be walked for several reasons. As well as exercise, being walked lets them socialise with other dogs, explore the tantalising smells beyond their home and play with their preferred playmates.