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I see these cats (and their owner) on the train to/from work. They (and their owner) work at the Other Change of Hobbit, a local bookstore. The cats (and their owner) bike to our local light rail.
After a ride to the train it's always nice to freshen up a bit. Here I caught the cats tidying each other up ;) :)
How cute! I have that same crate for my cat, I can't imagine strapping it to my bike:eek:
I think it's great people want to take their pets places :) My only concern would be the risk of injury or death in the event of an accident (say, with a vehicle) :( There are many unaware drivers out there and who knows what would happen to the pets :(
Yes, it's strapped on. The driver has told me she takes side streets and back roads, there are blinky things on the crate and it's very solidly strapped on.
No tiny cat helmets though. :cool:
I'm currently teaching my new girl Luna to ride in a trailer (a special doggie trailer at that!).
Since I don't have a car this will be our primary form of transportation when she needs to get somewhere.
I'll try to get pictures when she no longer wants to launch herself out of it ;)
Do cats benefit from such trips? We take our dog places but Tortilla the cat stays home. She is no a fan of traveling but sure is happy when we come back. With her it is a big safety issue as she is declawed so we can't have her get away. They do look pretty content in their crate.
if the object of the trip is to get them to the veterinarian's office, sure; but cats do NOT enjoy "trips" you can accustom a cat to being in a vehicle so that it is no longer stressful; i have done that with a really laid back cat I used to have. He was at the vet's so much he acted like it was home, and i could take him into stores without upsetting him. That isn't normal though.
These cats seem very content. They are not normal cats.Quote:
Originally Posted by Aggie_Ama
Are there any normal cats? ;)
I've been thinking about a trailer for my dog but then there is the vision of her leaping out (55 - 60 lbs of dog) :eek:
Have you seen the great chiweenie??
Gu is one cool pup!
http://www.thegreatchiweenie.com/
He's one of my facebook friends.. hee hee. I have to say that dog travels more than I do!
I wonder if I could get my 200 lb mastiff puppy to somehow learn to pull. He won't fit in my CAR let alone my bike.
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Originally Posted by kenyonchris
Awwww -- send pictures! I've had two mastiffs, and I miss them so much. People wondered if I could just ride mine.
Edit: Ella would have to scrunch down to sit on the backseat of my car - she looked like she would prefer to stick her head out the sunroof. Imagine the slober on the car behind us...
The other day on our way out of town on the MUP, we passed a rider pulling an enclosed trailer going the opposite direction. We assumed there was a baby inside until it barked at us! :p
I spotted this little guy when we were in Italy:
http://onarumagalleries.smugmug.com/...05_hELhK-M.jpg
Pull, as in being attached to your bike - or as in letting you draft behind him? :pQuote:
Originally Posted by kenyonchris
Upon re-reading the title of your posting, I imagine pets riding bicycles :D There would be pet races! ;)
LOL! :DQuote:
Originally Posted by kenyonchris
Well, he moves at the speed of mud so drafting is out of the question. I guess so is pulling! Lol.Quote:
Originally Posted by OakLeaf
I love my mastiff. I had one for 11 years (OLD for a mastiff) who was my constant companion. He died last summer and after a time I wound up with this goofball...Mouse. He is a miserable cycling dog because he is worthless in the heat. His best trick is trotting out to the pasture with me to bring the horses in, he can hold leadropes in his mouth and doesn't let the horses drag him around. So he is useful, if not very cycling friendly.
Wow! That is OLD! I lost my first male in a divorce, but had my baby girl until she was 8. She died probably 5 years ago and I'm still finding slober in the strangest places. (How did it get on the back side of the lampshade???) I never thought of trying to ride with her - she was kinda goofy and impossibly stupid (would walk into a corner and cry because she couldn't figure out how to get out) but she liked to be right by my side every minute - I miss her.Quote:
Originally Posted by kenyonchris
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Originally Posted by Pedal Wench
Mouse is stupid. He growls at the doorstop. Nixon was not (for a mastiff...he wasn't an Australian Shepherd doing stuff like Trig and Logic). But he was SO loyal. My 16 year old stepdaughter forgot about him last summer after putting him outside and left him there (he was getting slow coming in), despite the fact that I had put a big sign on the door "MAKE SURE NIXON IS IN BEFORE YOU LEAVE!" It was 105 degrees and when I got home he was convulsing under a bush. I had a FIT. I am cool under pressure but I went nuts. I couldn't lift him, so I got the hose and tried to hose him off. I called down to the vets office literally 1/4 mile down the road and begged them to come and put him down because I couldn't get him in the car. I know how to do dog CPR (I was a vet tech after college) but he was too far gone.
He died before the vet got to me....although bless their hearts they tried. It was almost as difficult for me to find the grace not to strangle my stepdaughter (now my ex-stepdaughter), somehow I didn't.
Truly great dogs come along only once in a while. I have had lots of good dogs...Mouse is one. I have had a couple of bad dogs...no personality or just not there on the same wavelength...Nixon was a GREAT dog.
Funny enough, one of the other great dogs I knew was a mastiff. Not mine, but he was a great dog.
End of hijack...sorry...I love to tell other mastiff people about my boys.