Saw Something Weird Yesterday

[BadgerGirl]

I can't see me pulling a 90 lb german shepherd.

I with you sundial! My shepherd is pulling his own weight!

[Aggie_Ama]

I saw a guy with his german shepard in a trailer on the MS150 a few years back. Day two is quite hilly and he was pulling him along. The dog on the other hand did not seem excited about the ride.

My spoiled miniature schnauzers do not like being out of the AC longer than it takes to potty, this would be cruel and unusual punishment to the brats.

[KnottedYet]

there was a guy pulling his dog in a trailer on DALMAC the year I did it. the dog barked cadence. I imagine hearing that for 5 days would get tiring, but it was cute when he PASSED you every day.

(the dude had some serious legs, I'm telling you!)

[F8th637]

KathiCville rides with her dog in tow. I would love to take my dog (who is a fat 50 lbs) for rides with us so that she can enjoy all the fun places we go to. She is too small to keep up with us on rides and hates to be left out of the fun.

[jesvetmed]

Every afternoon on the trail by my house, a neighbor rides his bike and has his Great Dane next to him the entire way -- the dane is BARELY trotting and is equal in height to the bike. Funny to see -- I've watched the Dane grow up out on the trail, and the poor man obviously can't exercise him enough any other way. He is SO well behaved -- heals exactly next to him all the way. He's on leash but likely doesn't need it.

So NOT like my dog! I did try once -- 10 yards, straight back home with a skinned knee. Never again!

[GLC1968]

We have one dog who requires extra exercise, so we used to take her for runs around the block...us on a bike, her on a leash. It worked really well except when it was trash day and she got scared of all the recycling bins. I had to walk her home that night or she would have killed us both trying to avoid those scary bins!

When I was in an LBS last weekend, I was admiring all the baskets they had for the front of bikes. I picked up one in particular that was unusual as I couldn't figure out how it would work. The guy came up to me and pointed out that it was actually a wire mesh top to a basket so that you could safely take your small dog or cat for a ride. I just about snorted when I pictured either of our 70+ lb dogs in a bike basket! Then I immediately thought of the woman in the wizard of Oz taking off with Toto in her basket!

[madscot13]

I always felt so bad that i would go biking for hours while my dogs sat at home and got fat. taking them out on a leash would be bad for several reasons:
1. dogs are poorly trained walkers, our 15 pound alpha male feels that he needs to pee every 10 feet and he does not drink that much water. the little lady has to wait for him
2. The little lady is afraid of everything
3. Including the bike but both of them are ascared of the big rolly metal contraption
4. they are too lazy for more than two miles walking. would I make them run till their deaths?
5. I don't want the three of us to die. If anything happens to them our mother will kill me.

[salsabike]

As a matter of odd coincidence, here's someone who plans to do this in a BIG way--

http://seattletimes.nwsource.com/htm...ortrait13.html

[kjay]

It kind of bothers me to see little dogs in baskets, etc. If there were an accident, the dog could really get hurt. :-)

[fatbottomedgurl]

I got irritated when I went around a woman pushing a stroller in the bike-lane so she could talk with her friend on the side walk. There was a DOG in the stroller.

I know there are ways to take your dog for a walk/ride, with a "Springer" attachment for example. Urban dog mushing is getting popular too.

Check out the video of the dog-powered skooter and recumbant.
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=nuOq9...eature=related

[F8th637]

I actually saw a woman yesterday in Washington DC on the National Mall that had her CAT in one of those cage-type baskets. Couldn't leave the cat at home?

[GLC1968]

It kind of bothers me to see little dogs in baskets, etc. If there were an accident, the dog could really get hurt. :-)

Yep, that was my thought, too!

That photo of the rottie with the bent looks like one hell of a theft deterrent system!

[oxysback]

I got irritated when I went around a woman pushing a stroller in the bike-lane so she could talk with her friend on the side walk. There was a DOG in the stroller.

Giving the woman the benefit of the doubt...the dog could have been elderly or had some kind of physical ailment/paralysis, etc. No reason for the dog to be stuck inside if that's the case.

[Blueberry]

Giving the woman the benefit of the doubt...the dog could have been elderly or had some kind of physical ailment/paralysis, etc. No reason for the dog to be stuck inside if that's the case.

This is a good point. I carried my Cricket around many times after he went into congestive heart failure and the vet banned walks. He LOVED being outside.

CA

[Bad JuJu]

I got irritated when I went around a woman pushing a stroller in the bike-lane so she could talk with her friend on the side walk. There was a DOG in the stroller.

I can understand that that would be irritating, but I'd be just as irritated if she had a child in the stroller--either way, she's obstructing the bike lane.