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Teach Your Dog To Run On a Treadmill

The daily walking of your dog is such an important routine for any dog owner to keep consistent.  Dogs are social animals.  They are all descendents of wolves.  Wolves would go walking daily to either hunt or expand their territory.  This instinct is still very much ingrained in all dog breeds. If you live in an area where good weather is hard to come by, you know how hard it is to walk your dog on a continuous basis.  By the time you finish this article, you will know how to train your dog to run on a treadmill.

Make sure your dog knows the “up” command before starting this.  In other words make sure your dog knows how to climb onto an object and off it on command.  The command I have taught mine is “up.”

Also, be patient with this process.  Just the sound of a treadmill can be terrifying to a dog.  They need to ease into it, just like any other introduction.  So take it slow.

Put the treadmill where your dog can see it.  Don’t do anything with it yet.  For the next couple of days, just get your dog used to seeing it.  She’ll probably smell it and investigate it on her own.  This period just gets her used to the machine being there.

After about a day or two, use the “up” command to make your dog get on and off the treadmill.  Do not turn it on yet.  Give her the “up” command to get on then give her a treat.  Let her get off after that.  Do this about 20 times.  She’ll begin to associate getting on the treadmill with getting a treat.

After another couple of days it’s time to get your dog to start to walk on it.  It is ok to hold her leash when you are starting out.  But keep a watchful eye so she doesn’t get hurt & start off slow.  It would be a good idea to keep the speed around .5 mph with no slope.

After about a week, you can increase the speed.  Try to get a feel for how fast your dog can handle on the treadmill.  Most dogs I’ve seen do fine for 3 to 4 miles per hour.  20 minutes will be the equivalent to an hour long walk.

You now know how to train your dog to run on a treadmill.  As long as you follow these steps your dog will grow to love her new daily routine.  Some dogs even wait next to the treadmill until you turn it on.  They love it that much!

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