Yes he's very shy. We hop on when it's off, and I start it as slow as it will go. He'll sit there giving me a defiant look up until he's just about to fall off and he'll run to me. I slowly increase the speed, and while walking backwards I call him to me. I ask him if he wants to be picked up, which he does so that gets him going. He hasn't figured out that he can jump off the sides.