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Build A Dog Treadmill:
Manual or Dog Powered Treadmill

Build a dog treadmill to exercise your dog (and you)!

Our dog treadmill ***NEW IN 2011***

Complete instructions to build your own manual treadmill, using our unique design, pictured at left, are now available.

This treadmill can be used by BOTH dogs and people!

Dogs over 85 lbs may need a longer running platform - see below.

For details, see our Dog Treadmill Blueprints page.

In days past, dog powered treadmills were used to provide energy to run different types of small equipment.

These included butter churns, cream separators, grinding stones, fanning mills, sewing machines and wood lathes.

We suspect they were designed so dogs could go at a slow, steady pace for hours. The treads were usually of a slat design.

Modern dog-powered treadmills are either of a slat or a rubberized belt design. Both manual and motor-driven treadmills are used to give dogs an indoor workout.

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Be sure the treadmill surface is long enough for your dog. A medium-sized treadmill, like our design, accommodates dogs up to 85 lbs.

Although dog weight should not be an issue since people up to 200 lbs can use this equipment, a bigger dog may have trouble going faster than a trotting pace because they cannot lengthen their stride to the full extent.

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Build A Dog Treadmill:Manual or Dog Powered Treadmill

Build A Dog Treadmill:
Manual or Dog Powered Treadmill