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11-20-2009, 05:20 PM
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Dogs on Treadmills
Does anyone have a treadmill that they let their dogs run on? I just read this article (petcentric - Stories - Train Your Dog to Run on a Treadmill) about adjusting weight and attitude problems by letting your dog run on a treadmill. It's probably good exercise in the winter when you don't want to spend too long outside on a walk or a run. What are your thoughts?
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11-20-2009, 07:53 PM
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bella uses the treadmill. some times lol... she likes it alot
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11-20-2009, 08:06 PM
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How did you get your pups used to running/walking on the treadmill? We have one and I think it would be awesome to get Mater to use it.
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11-20-2009, 08:16 PM
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i learned how by cesar. see if you can find it on youtube it was the cathy griffith episode ....
basically i put bella on the treatmill, and rewarded her until she was comfortable. i kept her on leash too....let me see if i can find you the link
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11-20-2009, 08:20 PM
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i stayed like this until she got the hang of things. once she did i would stay in from of her calling her...rewarding her
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11-20-2009, 08:21 PM
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That would be great
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11-20-2009, 08:23 PM
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Thanks! I will have to start out Mater out just getting used to standing on it without turning it on because he doesn't really like it LOL
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11-20-2009, 08:38 PM
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i just kept rewarding her every time she was calm. and to get her to walk on it i put it on the slowest setting and had her walk to a treat which she never caught up too lol
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11-20-2009, 08:49 PM
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I never got Zeus to use the one I bought for him. It's a dog one and cost me $600 by the time it was delivered. It looks great but it's now just another piece of furniture. The cat used it for a while as a bed but it's now in the garage.
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