Treadmills – A Vital Equipment for Animals Too

Generally, we think of treadmills only as a machine for exercising. A machine you often see in the gym for stationary walking or running. However, treadmills have many kinds and uses.

Did you know that treadmills were once used as punishment equipment? Rather than the exercising equipment r we now know today, treadmills before were used to facilitate manual labor like grinding grain by powering the mill. Being operated manually by either animals or humans, prisoners who are sentenced to do hard labor in the earlier times power up treadmills.

Nowadays, there are various models of treadmills and each one has different purposes such as training machine, medical equipment for diagnosis and therapy, and other activities involving animals.

Yes. Animals use treadmills as well.

In fact, horses use them as training equipment. Horses, especially those for racing, are tested on specially constructed treadmills as part of their preparation for the competition.

Dogs use treadmills, too, particularly those who are used to running on a conveyor. They use treadmills to exercise. 

There are also different models and designs of medical treadmills for dogs and other pets.  Many animal experts like veterinarians and animal rehabilitation centers even include underwater treadmill therapy in their services.

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