Canine Treadmill

1. Ziggy
   January 6th, 2009 at 12:56 am

   Actually... I think this is a pretty good idea - especially for busy city folk who don't have time for walks every day.

   Put it next to your treadmill and see who drops first!

2. Johnny Cat
   January 6th, 2009 at 12:57 am

   Within a year of this being trendy, a video will appear with a cat on one of these.

3. DOJ
   January 6th, 2009 at 1:41 am

   You know these have existed for a long time for dog fighting? I'm pretty sure they're illegal in many places.

4. lisanocap
   January 6th, 2009 at 1:52 am

   i thought the whole point of taking your dog for a walk was so he could poop.

5. simon bunker
   January 6th, 2009 at 4:20 am

   If you already have a human treadmill a dog can use that too mine does

   The reason for using a tread mill is to give a dog the excersice he needs, a beagle for instance should walk upto 25 miles a day if you have a job this would be impossible with a tread mill it is feasible

   Illegal? No its a treadmill it doesnt force the dog to get on it,

   My dog tells me when he want to go on the treadmill and he loves it

6. Briannana
   January 6th, 2009 at 8:07 am

   This technology is neither inherently good or bad. It's just a tool. It's great for urban folks who own working breed dogs who need more exercise than owners can provide by walking. That said, this technology cannot altogether replace "the walk", which is vital to the psychological health and development of the animal and owner. Walks establish owner leadership, pack bonding, social health, etc.

   Sadly, many pet owners never understand that dogs are complex psychological beings (albeit totally different than humans) with needs that have to be met in order to be healthy, much less be happy and live a long, full life.

7. Cupelix
   January 6th, 2009 at 10:45 am

   Many dog trainers advocate the use of a treadmill to exercise your dog. But, as said above, this can not fully replace actually walking your dog. Walking is an activity which feeds a dog's pack mentality and when done correctly reinforces that the human is in charge and creates well behaved dogs.

   But on those rainy or busy days when your dog needs some exercise to chill out, a treadmill is a great substitute.

8. Idil
   January 6th, 2009 at 10:47 am

   I tried putting my dog on the treadmill just for the hell of it and he just sat down.

9. Jim Barrett
   January 6th, 2009 at 11:22 am

   The museum in the town where I live (Stony Brook, NY, source of the previous Neatorama item on the persistence of true love) has a dog treadmill that was used in the 1800's to power small farm machinery (eg a butter churn).

10. Leif
    January 6th, 2009 at 12:30 pm

    This is dumb. I'm with Jim. If I'm going to have my dog run on a treadmill, I best be getting a pound of butter out of it.

11. Zombie79
    January 6th, 2009 at 12:54 pm

    With a dog who refuses to walk outside when its raining (yeah, she won't even go in the yard to relive herself she actually holds it), this could come in handy. Then again this is San Diego, so she can spend the five days out of the year that it does rain indoors.

12. Frau
    January 6th, 2009 at 2:52 pm

    Tree for "pee walks" sold seperately.

13. Scooter
    January 6th, 2009 at 3:30 pm

    I think my dogs would break that thing. 50+ pounds.

14. violet
    January 6th, 2009 at 5:43 pm

    I know people looove dogs, but I really don't think you should own one unless you have access to lots of green and the capacity/willingness to get it outside and doing its thing a whole lot. Unless it's one of those wack Christmas ornament dogs that is probably a robot anyway.

15. Shannon
    January 6th, 2009 at 7:16 pm

    This reminds me of the into to the Jetsons.

16. malcreant
    January 6th, 2009 at 8:04 pm

    Nothing new...

    http://www.colbypitbull.com/treadmil.htm

    http://www.grandcarpetmill.com/

    http://www.patentlysilly.com/patent.php?patID=6837186

17. Christophe
    January 7th, 2009 at 12:03 am

    True sign that the end of world is near...

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