huskies not being walked - any advice?

MissMoneypenny

alyth wrote: »

Talking to someone at work today who has a huskie who is about a year old, he said that he walks his huskie anything up to 10 miles a day!!!!

It would be good if every dog got an owner like the above, but sadly, many don't.

I think it is cruel what the way those huskeys are kept, but the RSPCA would no doubt say that as as long as they are fed and have access to water at all times, then they won't do anything about it.

Why anyone would want to get a dog, especially a working dog and then not take them out for at least two good walks a day, is beyond me.

tandraig

I honestly cant see the RSPCA taking action if the dogs are fed watered and housed and have half an acre to run around in! they are far more concerned about puppy farms and abandoned/abused animals.
I think its a shame when animals arent walked - but its hardly life threatening to them - I understand your concern but think in this case you wont get much response even if you did report the owners. sorry.
one reason I no longer have dogs is I am physically unable to walk far and believe every dog should have its walkies! so I am sympathetic hun!

cbrown372

The OP has only got it third hand via gossip that the dogs aren't being walked so to say it is cruel the way these dogs are being kept is to say the least none of the OP's business. If the owner has three they are probably working dogs and not pets maybe being run at the weekends or perhaps are retired now.

alyth

I am the OP - the huskies in question are with my ex and his new partner, I stay within the same village. I get hassled all the time from the neighbours about the fact that the huskies are penned up within either the garden or in their enclosure. My ex came to my house tonight and I enquired as to whether he'd been out walking with the dogs and he said that they don't get walked as they don't need the exercise.

I didn't want to put this in my original post as I didn't want to come across as an embittered ex (which I am not) and I wanted to find out how much exercise huskies actually need, but neighbours from my old house will question me as to why the dogs are not being walked on a weekly basis and as I have a rottie that gets two walks a day, I wanted impartial answers to my question.

The dogs are neither working nor retired, they are aged between 3 and 5 and from my conversation with ex tonight are "released" into a field at the back of the old house on a Sunday afternoon and let loose for half an hour.

I really do apologise for not putting this information in my original post, but I wanted impartial advice about what I should do and how much exercise this breed of dog would need.

MaximumImpact

I have 2 dogs and mine are walked rarely at the moment for 2 reasons. The first being that to get to a decent walk, I have to walk half a mile down an A road where the speed limit is 60 mph with no verges and quite frankly in this weather, I am not taking mine or my dogs life in my hands. The second is that I am heavily pregnant and quite honestly, although my dogs are extremely well behaved, I don't want to take the risk of being alone in a field in the middle of nowhere with them and something happening. My dogs also have half an acre to run and play in, they seem happy enough and we have fun time by ball throwing a couple of times a day.

I would be very angry if someone reported me for ''cruelty'' because I have my reasons for not walking my dogs and these are primarily for mine and my dogs safety at the moment.

I am unable to put my dogs in my car and take them somewhere decent as my car is a pick up and it's too high off the ground for them to jump in, meaning that usually I have to lift them in which really isn't sensible at the moment. Yes, I have a car ramp, but neither will use it and also, it is very heavy which again means lifting. So rather than put myself, my baby or my dogs at risk, unfortunate as it is, they just won't be walked.

Perhaps you could tell your old neighbours politely to ask him themselves as to why the dogs don't get walked? After all, is it really anyones business but his? Also, perhaps the message might get home if other people ask.......