How far should I be walking my 10 week old puppy?

I do very few actual "walks" with young puppies. By that I mean I don't walk around neighborhoods on leash for a number of reasons. I don't want my puppy to have a bad experience with a loose dog or some other unforeseen event that may permanently leave a negative association with the puppy. I also don't want the puppy to practice pulling on the leash. I do lots of strolling around with the puppy dragging a leash in a safe area that I have reasonable control over. I use the early months to build my foundation for future training by playing games like restrained recalls and engagement.

With all that said, I let the puppy show me how much exercise they want but after decades of breeding and raising lots of puppies, I tend to let puppies get their exercise and needs met with me for the formative months with structured outings planned to work on engagement and exposing them to new things in a controlled way. I do lots of strolling around my fenced-in property with the puppy following. I let the puppy drag a light leash or long line so I have a way to keep them out of trouble, just in case.

If you haven't watched Raising Your Puppy with Michael Ellis I highly recommend it, it's almost 7 hours of information that meshes well with the way we do things here at Leerburg.

If you don't have a good area to walk your puppy, I'd just do a few blocks and closely monitor the puppy's demeanor and take your cues from her. They're so impressionable, I'm always on the lookout for things that may create a negative association for the pup long term. I try not to be paranoid (haha) but am well aware of everything in my surroundings. I get emails every day from puppy owners that have gotten in a jam and the pup has been scared or traumatized by something unexpected that happened out on a walk. Sometimes they get over it and sometimes they don't.