We have a canine Fit-Fur-Life treadmill available, which we use to help keep dogs fit and healthy.

The treadmill is used for a variety of applications including:

• Helping over-weight dogs lose weight.
• Improving fitness of your dog.
• Helping to achieve peak physical condition in show dogs and pets alike.
• Aiding the recovery of injuries and operations.

To keep dogs at peak fitness they need to have a totally controlled exercise regime. The treadmill can be used with a regime that is tailor made to your dogs individual needs ensuring that the exercise they receive is stress free, and gentle on limbs and joints, whilst improving/maintaining the dogs fitness level.

The treadmill has a variable incline adjuster and a delicate speed adjuster, it has built in safety features including a none slip surface, safety cut off.

Veterinary Treatment of injuries

When working with a Veterinary Surgeon the treadmill can help a dog to recover from an injury by giving it exercise which ensures the rehabilitation of locomotion under carefully controlled, variable conditions.

The treadmill regime set out for a dog can help to:

• Improve muscle tone & bulk, improving body posture.
• Improve exercise tolerance and cardiovascular function.
• Enhance spinal stability.
• Enhance joint flexibility.
• Enhance the recovery of injured ligaments and tendons.
• Ensure that all four limbs are exercised equally and appropriatly.

After your dog has suffered an injury or recovering from and operation the treadmill can be used to help:

• Enhance muscle repair.
• Improve joint flexibility.
• Enhance ligament recovery.
• Enhance tendon recovery.

The treadmill can be used to improve your dogs fitness and condition by:

• Improving muscle tone and condition.
• Improving your dogs exercise tolerance (cardiovascular).
• Aid in the development of pelvic and hind limb areas.
• Improving your dogs body posture.
• Help overweight dogs to lose weight efficiently, when used with a calorie controlled diet.

Please ring, asking for Irene, for more details.