Good Morning/Evening,
This is a random and strange thread but I would love your expert advice on these beautiful creatures. It's actually a really pathetic argument but sadly, sometimes we work with adults with child like mentalities.
I work for a private household in London. The owner has 2 huskies that we keep at his main residence which has security(security walk the dogs).
The reason for the thread is, their is a clash of minds regarding when the ideal times to walk the dogs are and this thread will get printed out to show to the client/basically everyone so your input would be greatly appreciated.
I have a timetable from the person who I question his/hers "thought process" but please tell me what you think: 06:30am - walk for 30/60 minutes
08:00am Breakfast
12:30pm: Walk for an hour
5:30pm - food
6:35pm - walk for 45 minutes
11:00pm - Walk for 20 minutes
(this is the one I have an issue with below)
04:00am - Walk
The person in question has told me "I have researched and worked out, due to the breed, the perfect time to walk the dogs so it must be followed".
I, as a dog owner all my life, I have never done or heard of waking a dog in the middle of his/her sleep to walk at 04:00am, bearing in mind, the dogs will be taken out 2 and half hours later.
I could be wrong and it might be productive to do this but please, point out if I'm wrong, Huskies need a lot of sleep and the main exercise should be during the day?
At night, they are left alone in a room, all the big parks are shut early in the winter so the walks from 7pm to basically the early morning, more of a stretch of the legs(never let off a lead during the night, run wild during the day) and loo break. I see the 4am walks as completely and utterly useless and I don't feel its right to wake them up?
I said to the security guy, if the dog wakes up and stands by the door, starts moving around a lot, looking for attention then by all means, take them out whenever, regardless of the time.
I just think it's too military and that, like humans, we don't need to go to the loo/need exercise at exactly the same time, every night, it's not natural.
They are exercised well, fed good food and loved by everyone, myself included, I would appreciate your thoughts please on any of the timetable that you think needs to be looked at, especially the last few walking times.
Thank you.
E