One week of practice..

.. and Tali is now a treadmill expert!  She is up to 10-13 minute stretches at a time.  And she is having such fun with it!  She will go into the room and stand on the treadmill at random intervals, and when I am getting ready to run on it myself I get a guilt-trip face.  All I have to do is ask her "Tali, do you want to go treadmill?"  and she will get all excited and run right in.  The fact that we are giving her treats intermittently during the runs (trots?) helps of course, but this is such a good way to keep her exercised when the weather (and the local sidewalks) aren't conducive to outdoor dog walks or runs.  And we all know what happens when she doesn't get enough exercise!

To allay all concerns, I should add that the leash is being held by a human, not attached to the treadmill itself.  And she is under constant supervision by one of us standing on the edge of the treadmill and holding the leash.  That allows us to monitor her to see if she is getting too tired, as well as be present if she slips or something bad happens.  We want all her treadmill experiences to be good ones so she doesn't get afraid of the treadmill, making us have to go back to walking her in sub-zero temps!  :)