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The treadmill has been a Godsend for me. I tend to not use it unless I really have to though, because it is kind of mindless and I know she is only on it because I've told her to, it's not something she really loves to do. It sure is handy though during our cold Alberta winters when you have no other way to give them a good run, or I am busy with something in the house and I can put her on it for awhile. I do face her to the television, and put a "doggy" channel on so she has something to look at. When she hears the "beep" when I turn it on, she will pounce onto the treadmill, and run on it without a collar or lead on.

We do a LOT of flirt pole, she absolutely loves it and doesn't get a better workout than that way. The only other thing she freaks out over more than the flirt pole, is chasing the water from the hose. I use the stream of water and point it to the grass and she will chase it much like chasing a flirt pole, but even with more exhuberance...this is her favourite activity. I do exercise caution though, because the grass will get rather slippery and to avoid injuries we keep these sessions rather brief.

It's funny because Tye loves the house also. He will chase it, try and get the water he goes cookoo for the hose! I do also have a flirt pole. He likes this for about 5 minutes then he loses interest. Not sure his full prey drive has kicked in but then again he has been conditioned to leave small animals alone. Because in my puppy classes that he comes with me there are sometimes little 7 or 8 lb pups! He is not allowed to chase or bully them! Although yesterday in my wood pile in the yard my standard schnauzer caught a wiff of something and Tye was curious. He spent one hour trying to figure out how to get in there. He was working hard! Last night I found a mamma cat and 3 babies in there.



Sorry for the messy pile of junk I'm not a slob but I'm getting my foundation waterproofed lol. Looks like I am a slob! Ha