I walk a couple of dogs regularly on neighbourhood routes, both for half an hour each (excluding time at home for cuddles etc).
One of my walks is 1.2 miles, which is at a reasonably fast pace but with lots of sniffing stops, so it's not all constant walking! My other one is 0.75 miles, but we stop at a dog park for playing with her ball, so she's covering more miles than that.
Why not measure how many miles you usually cover with your dog in half an hour, then you'll have a reasonable estimate based on your dog's usual pace - then you can ask your walker what route they usually take and see how the distance compares?
As others have said, you could probably cover more if it was all fast walking, but for most dogs it's a balance between the exercise and the exploring / sniffing for them to have the most enjoyable walk, so it's more about the route than the pace.
Hi there, I have a client that I only walk for every other weekend and our half hour walks are about 1 to 1.2 miles as well. This particular dog walks at a pretty slow pace and sometimes lays down on our walks haha, but I think 1 mile is pretty typical.
I do dog walks for Rover and my 30 minute walks are typically 1-2 miles depending on the pace. A high energy dog usually 1.8ish miles on average. moderate energy is about 1.3-1.6 miles and the senior dogs are about a mile. Your dog walker should be setting a pace that is appropriate for age and bree
I've walked around 130 dogs. With around 75% of the dogs I walk, we get in 1.5 miles in 30 minutes. About 20% are closer to a mile (older, slow walkers, etc.) and around 5% are close to 2 miles (large breeds, puppies, etc. that I take on jogs).
My new client is just like the OP who posted this, she demands I do 5 miles in 30 minutes, and was very irritated that I only did that once when I took the dog for a 30 minute run. She demands I do 3-5 miles :) So I am not sure how appropriate it is to ask your walker to be like the dog 15 miles/hr