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Originally Posted by spr377  I have been thinking about walking Josie on the treadmill, she is always full of energy, too!! How did you introduce your little guy to it? Did you just put him on and start it up.....how did you start? |
It took some work. I first intorduced him to it by getting him to sit on it and fed him tons of treats. Once he would get on it and sit on it happily, we moved to walking him. My husband stood in front of the treadmill with yummy chicken and I had him on his leash and walked with him at like 1.0mph..very show. He resisted at first..but was determined to get the chicken. We would have him on for like a minute, then 2, then more...We would jump up like crazy each time we got off the treadmill and went straight to get him a high value treat. We continued this method every day and went longer and longer..now he just jumps right on it and walks with me without a leash. He loves it!
Attached is an old pic we took of him on the treadmill when we were training him to walk on it.