how much excercise?

[Dandy]

Hi guys,
My rottweiler(INNU) is 17 months old and i always take her for a jog in the morning with leash on for about .75 mile or 1 mile but everytime before the lap ends she just stop and stay still and does not want to continue on. am i over excercising her? or what. please need advise

[foxi7778]

I would think at 17 mths old your rott should be able to do this distance pretty easily......how fast do you jog, and does she stop at the same place every time???

[Annie]

does she get a bit of play time with you as well? it sounds to me like she is trying to make the trip longer and saying that she needs a bit of sniff around play time. Is it possible that you do a bit of ball throwing as well? or just let her have a sniff? it´s maybe that this place has other dogs there and she wants to 'read-the-doggy-magazine' ! I would think that this distance is physically no problem...
Annie

[Dandy]

Thank for the reply guys,
I let her sniff around and relieve herself first before doing some walking. after a little bit of walking i will start to jog in a pace that she wont make a full run. kind like fast wlaking for her and not like she is chasing something. it's kind of hard for me to do ball throwing since she is on leash. I,m afraid that she might show aggression to other dogs inside the fence if i let her off leash. Yes, she stop at the same place and does not come even if i give a little tug of the leash but when i start going back in the opposite direction towards home then she will follow on a loose leash.