The life of a cyclists dog

[KathiCville]

My dog Sam's ears go down and she looks bereft anytime she sees me fooling with the camper shell on the pick-up truck. (Where I keep my bike.) And if I'm in cycling gear, she looks downright downcast. 90% of the time that means Mom is going off without her!

On the upside, our next door neighbor rarely goes away from his house (lousy knees), so he and Sam have "play dates," LOL, to watch sports together! :-)

Sam is also so well-behaved that he can let her out of my front door after I'm gone and she'll just plop in her cushy bed and hang out quietly, waiting for me to come home, even it that's three or four hours later. The neighbor can see her and our whole front yard from his sunroom. He says she naps, chews on a bone, gives squirrels the evil eye, and patiently watches for me. I love pulling up and seeing her head fly up and tail start wagging the second she sees the truck!

[bmccasland]

Nala gets evening walks, so she's fine with my cycling in the morning. Walkies are in the evening. Of course yesterday we had to wait out a thunderstorm - I'll stay inside, thankyouverymuch, my bed is fine - but once the rain stopped, WALK!

If I take her for a morning walk, that's great! But come evening, she'll still want her regularily scheduled walk.

[Onix]

Yeah....when I got back Lola and I went back to the park for a nice hard run. Turns out she was pretty tired from our morning jaunt



I think she thinks that when any of us leave the house (to school, work, etc.) we are going to the park. It just kills me!

[jesvetmed]

Mine always could tell by the shoe choice. Up till either the bike shoes or the bike came out, she was very hopeful. After seeing either of those, she would go lie down and give a very heavy sigh, and a look that said, "don't you love me at all?"

[kermit]

My JRT's completely know when I'm going for a ride. The girl, Dixie starts making these crazy noises as soon as the shorts go on. I have a hard time leaving for long, but when I come back they know they get to swim and play ball. Now try sitting on the trainer for a hour with three faces staring at you through the window. Can't do it!