What to do when it's -20 and/or the sidewalks are challenging and/or the backyard is a lumpy, icy, slippery mess?
Hop on a treadmill.
With a human with a wonky knee and wacky winter weather upon us, I was introduced to the PaceMaster a couple of weeks ago. Here I am experiencing incline changes for the first time. The beeping signals that the speed of the tread is being reduced as the incline is being increased.
I am still too young to
run on a treadmill so I only get to walk briskly. Running on a treadmill
(or alongside a human) at too young an age and before joints and bones
have matured can lead to repetitive stress injuries. For a medium-sized
dog, it is safer to wait until at least 2 years of age to begin running
in such an artificial fashion (it may be normal for a human to run in a
straight-line for miles on end but it is definitely not the norm for a
dog).
Since I am still recuperating from my recent illness and not allowed to be out and about, I have been perfecting my treadmill skills.
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Before the rain and freezing temps arrived,
the snow was just perfect:
cushy and fluffy and fun |
