Hittin' the gym

So... I'm home visiting my family before the semester starts kicking my ass starts getting its ass kicked, and I'm finally trying to be really good about working out and eating right #lazysummer. My treadmill has been at my dad's since I've moved up to school, but being home, I thought I'd take the opportunity to use it. (Who has a truck and muscles and wants to bring this beast up to State?) What I didn't expect was that I'd be kicked off of the treadmill before I even got going...

I got dressed and climbed aboard while Henry ran about in the basement, looking for a place to bury the rawhide he's been trying to hide from Spencer. No sooner did I get the evil running machine going than I felt a big, wet nose poking at my bum... "Henry, back up!" I signed. "Get back!" "Henry, no!" And yet, somehow, I was pushed off the machine.

I usually have control of my dog, but when he's bigger... and stronger... sometimes his persistence wins. This time, I decided to go with it. I turned off the machine. And let him stand where I was. I held his collar and turned the speed from 0.0 to 0.5. Terrified, Henry jumped off. #thefloorismoving

So, I decided to try this another way. I turned the machine on again (to 0.5 mph) and just let Henry figure it out on his own:

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The first minute was a little rough, as you can see. But my little booger has a learning curve like none other (I mean, the deaf dog speaks for Pete's sake).

And after a minute or two, this was the result:

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This morning, I woke up to a whining dog. I opened my eyes to make sure he wasn't looking for a spot to poo (I think it's finally safe to say that we're 100% housebroken after several months of a 96% grading). My little punk was standing on the treadmill, ready to run! This morning, we got up to 1.5 mph, and then enjoyed the sun. Since then, I've found him on the treadmill twice. I have a little athlete on my hands.