How Much Exercise Does a Labrador Retriever Need? A Guide by Age
Labrador Retrievers were bred to work all day — retrieving game in freezing water, running across fields, swimming for hours. That drive didn’t disappear because your Lab lives in a house with a fenced yard. An under-exercised Lab becomes a destructive, anxious, overweight Lab who chews furniture, digs craters in the yard, and bounces off walls with pent-up energy that has nowhere to go.
Most Lab owners underestimate how much exercise their dog actually needs. A 20-minute walk around the block isn’t exercise for this breed — it’s a warm-up.