Testimonials
Veterinary Surgeons achieve better post-operative end results in a shorter time with Fit Fur Life treadmills. This is good for dogs as well as Veterinary Surgeons!
Veterinary Surgeon: C.C.O. Serjeant, B.V.Sc., M.R.C.V.S.
"I have 40 years experience in the post injury care of dogs and cats. I have evolved many post operative rehabilitation protocols before the emergence of all the modern surgical techniques. Rehab is very important in post injury recovery to achieve the best results, in fact it is essential.
The appearance of the Fit Fur Life treadmills has enabled me to refine the rehabilitation, under controlled conditions, of both medical and surgical conditions. This has improved the rate of recovery and the end result.
I have been using the Fit Fur Life treadmill for 4 years with a great deal of success.
MEDICAL USAGE has evolved around OBESITY and CARDIAC FITNESS. The progressive improvement in obesity is significantly better than dieting on its own. The owner sees a rapid improvement in the whole well-being of the dog, as well as the loss of weight. The basic rules for the treadmill are to start at a low speed and short time, and build both up gradually according to individual tolerance. RESULTS are usually startling providing the owner complies with the whole regime. Treadmill three times a week is the minimum requirement.
POST-OPERATIVE rehabilitation. I have used the Fit Fur Life treadmill in muscle, tendon and ligament repair, both surgical and non-surgical with great success. Every case is individual and the protocol will vary. The flexibility of this machine, starting at 0.4km/hour and going up to a top speed that we have never used, makes it very easy to individualise protocols. Veterinary Nurses find helping with the rehab protocol a stimulating and rewarding process.
REHAB after JOINT SURGERY has been particularly successful, and I have used it after (i) shoulder and elbow surgery (developmental disease) and (ii) stifle-anterior cruciate surgery. The Fit Fur Life treadmill has enhanced recovery. Rehab after spinal surgery and disc disease is particularly rewarding. The overriding superiority is the flatbed and the fine control that can only be achieved with this machine."
Fit Fur Life dog treadmills are not meant to replace the pleasurable activity of taking your dog for a walk. However, for a wide variety of reasons, regular outside exercise is not always possible or does not fully satisfy a dog's exercise requirement. As such, private owners appreciate exercising their dogs on a Fit Fur Life treadmill.
DOG OWNER: Mrs M Geall
"I decided to buy a Fit Fur Life treadmill when I saw them at Crufts 2007. I am elderly and have a disabled husband and six dogs so I knew the treadmill would keep my dogs in good health together with their daily walk on the beach.
My dogs queue up and can't wait to get on the treadmill - they absolutely love it. I would certainly recommend a treadmill for fit and not so fit dogs."
Fit Fur Life dog treadmills have assisted Show Competitors in achieving success in the ring through improving the muscle definition and gait of their show dogs.
Sometimes dogs get slightly nervous or excited before going into the ring. A brief session on a Fit Fur Life treadmill can have a calming effect and increase a dog's confidence:
SHOW COMPETITOR: Judith Rigby, Broadway, Worcestershire
"Before going into the ring at the 2008 LKA Mable, my Mini Wire Dachshund, had a go on your treadmill and then won Ist in the Post-Grad Class. Fantastic, thank you!"