#dog treadmill

[enrichmentformaverick]

Vino showing off her shiny shiny muscles!

She is doing great, and giving me lots of her patented Treadmill Face which combines panting/tired with “please giv treat”

[jaubaius]

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[squisheebugdoodles]

Okay Here Is The Problem: everything costs money and yet money is something that i just literally never have. solution? kill the idea of money so that nothing costs anything Please. i'm so tired

[relaxwithaaron]

Hey how are you doing? I’m working out.

[heu-ris-tic]

it’s the post canicross head tilt for me

[mwolf0epsilon]

Snack Crime Conundrum

Sponge, staring in horror at the scale after measuring Beau's weight: Little gods... When did you get so huge, girl?! Beau, who's been having issues keeping up during their routine walks: Boof? Sponge: Actually the pertinent question would be, who in sith-hells has been overfeeding you?! You have a strict diet to adhere to! Beau, blinking innocently and cocking her head to the side: Woof...? Sponge, seething: This won't stand... Mark my words, I will find the fiend who's pushing you towards obesity and arthritis issues!

-Several minutes later-

Sponge, currently interrogating Rex, Fives, Jesse, Hardcase and Tup: As you may know I have been investigating a rather delicate situation. One that, should I find you culpable, will come with severe consequences. Perhaps even a jail sentence. Fives, a little frustrated: For the last time you drama queen, we haven't been sneaking your barghest any treats after meals! Jesse, standing by Fives: Yeah! We're innocent! Hardcase: Yeah! Innocent! Well, for the most part anyway... Fives & Jesse: Sponge: Excuse me? Hardcase, fidgeting nervously: Well... I mean... Sometimes I give her a little piece of egg during early meal. But not always! Tup, chuckling nervously: And I have given her some of those fancy liver treats you keep in your trunk. But only when she's not allowed in the medbay! Because she looks so sad in the crate... Rex, shrugging: ....I have on occasion given her some cheese snacks. But she does little tricks when I have them out, and you said when she does tricks she deserves a reward! Sponge, flabbergasted: I can't believe you three... Cheese snacks?! Really Captain??? Hardcase, coming to Rex's defense: Hey! At least we don't do it constantly! I've seen Jesse dump an entire plate into her mouth when he's had to skip midmeal to go to last minute debriefs! Jesse, gawking: 'CASE YOU SNITCH! Hardcase: And Fives has this game where he throws food at her to see if she can catch it in the air! Fives, glaring: Thanks a lot, traitor... Sponge, huffing: Innocent men my shebs... Fives, glancing over to the other side of the room: Wait, how come Kix and Dogma aren't a part of this lineup? Sponge: Kix would never endanger my darling girl's health by feeding her fatty crap. And Dogma has made it clear he doesn't particularly like Beau, so why would he give her illicit snacks? Rex, Fives, Jesse, Hardcase & Tup, looking just behind Sponge at Kix and Dogma who are both staring back at them while sneaking Beau some snacks: Kix, crosses his finger over his own neck before pointing at them threateningly: Dogma, smiling innocently before snapping the bread-stick he's giving Beau in half for further threatening effect: Rex: ...Fair enough. Fives: But-- Rex, putting a hand on Fives's shoulder: Fair. Enough. What's our punishment?

[notedchampagne]

my emotional support gym

[darkwood-sleddog]

ngl when it comes to dog treadmills if the mill is not powered by the dog i am not a fan of when people attach their dog to the treadmill.

It's fairly easy to train a dog to a moving (dog) treadmill like a dog pacer through cooperative and consensual behaviors because although the treadmill can be weird at first, dogs find forward movement rewarding (as well as post treadmill session snacks). But additionally, some dogs can find the treadmill aversive and/or scary and tying them to this machine and forcing them to use it is unacceptable. A dog with a positive association with the treadmill and what it allows them to do should be able to run on the treadmill without attachment and assistance (although always have your dogs supervised). A dog should always have the ability to walk away from such an activity if they decide they are done. They should not be strapped to a moving machine that will force them to do something. With dog powered mills, this is not an issue because the mill is moved forward by the dog's motivation. so imo tying is okay because if the dog is unwilling to run the mill will stay still.

Treadmills can be great as additional stimulation and exercise, but they are NOT walks and in the same way we should give patience to walks outside, we should give them to mill work. In the same way it is unacceptable to drag a dog that is unwilling to move forward on a walk, it is imo unacceptable to force a dog to move on a treadmill that is moving underneath them.

I am saying this as an avid dog treadmill user who trained my dogs to the mill with consent and reward based training and has dogs that now jump on the mill with gusto and run unassisted and free needing no food reward. It's literally so easy.

[gynandromorph]

with how much I sit around drawing and playing games every day you would think a random 90-minute several mile walk would have been tiring or left me sore and yet. it did not

[jaubaius]

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[chocochat]

i feel like a walking corpse today

[heu-ris-tic]

a precious nyoomslang from a few days ago before all the rain ☔️

[crybaby-bkg]

I can’t believe that exercise really does do numbers for your mental health. that’s kinda fucked up omfg 😔

[sarcastic-clapping]

on the treadmill listening to silver springs by fleetwood mac trying not to make it about an evil little blonde man. failing. failing badly.

[fingertipsmp3]

Should I get up at 6 in the morning to go for a run or is that an insane decision that I will hate myself for

[darkwood-sleddog]

What I look for when using electrically propelled dog treadmills:

1.) once acquainted with treadmill, dog gets on equipment of own accord, does not need to be led or restrained to stay on.

2.) dog has ample space and ability to get off of equipment if they desire.

3.) relaxed body language.