How to get my dog used to my bike

[goldfinch]

Okay guys. Been doing this for four years. No problems. Not dangerous if done carefully.

Anyone else actually done this?

I used to ride many, many years ago with my big dog. The OP is talking about a little wiener dog with tiny short legs. I have the same kind of dog and in her younger years she could run around easily but keeping up with a bike just wouldn't have been possible. The trailer seems to be working for her though and I picked up a used one for less than fifty bucks. It is screened in so she can't jump out.

[ann_w]

Yeah, I'll probably just get a used trailer this spring so I can get him to the park. If he can get out and run around in the fenced area of the park that will accomplish the same thing as having run along side me, and it'll be more fun for him anyway.

(Being a mix he does have longer legs and a slightly shorter back than a regular dachshund though, so running alongside the bike isn't quite as whacky as it sounds. But I'm nowhere near good enough to even try it now. I still have to practice just keeping me upright. Besides, one squirrel sighting and he'd be dragging me off the bike. )