From Debra Griffiths
Reading the item on exercise treadmills for dogs
(18 September, p 15) set me
thinking about how you would actually persuade a dog to use such a contraption.
Ideas range from a picture of the local postman, a suspended bone or a
virtual-reality image of a stick/ball perpetually thrown just out of reach, to
the possibility of a four-way leash tying the poor animal in place while the
floor is whipped away from under it.
Does the treadmill also come complete with a tree, lamp-post and
“pooper-scooper” to cope with the other important reason for taking the dog for
a walk?
Norwich, Norfolk
