by satanscheerleader » January 22nd, 2006, 9:16 pm
So Arez really likes the treadmill but, here's the problem. If I don't use a toy, she won't run. She just stands there and barks at me, wanting a toy as a lure. But when I use the toy, it becomes more about the toy and less about running. It's more like an extremely intense RUN RUN RUN LUNGE RUN RUN RUN LUNGE the whole time so by the time we are done the treadmill is three feet further ahead than the spot it started from. Not that that matters but she'd get a better workout if she would just full out run. The only time she ever ran full out was when my friend was over and we were talking and ignoring her for a bit and the toy was on the chair in front of the treadmill and she just hightailed it trying to get the toy. I tried to use this tecnique again but she's damn smart and can't be tricked into it again. I should never have used a lure in the first place but now the trick is to "uncondition" her, I guess. Anyone have any bright ideas?
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satanscheerleader on January 22nd, 2006, 9:18 pm, edited 1 time in total.