Who goes bike riding with their dogs?

[Susan]

I would love to do this with Isolde....

[chelle]

Bailey and I went on our maiden bike ride our last camp trip and it went terrific! We started veerrry slow, with him on my left. Call me an awful owner, but when he attempted to cross right, I let the tire touch him == he did not like that, but it made an impression. We kept doing rounds around the campground and he got better and better about keeping left and a good distance. I slowly upped the speed. I was always watching out for anything that might distract him, though.

I did have to make a couple emergency brakes. Once a child came out of nowhere on one of those little motorized trike things. The other time a dog ran out his leash and lunged at us. That caught Bailey by surprise and he stopped in his tracks, which forced me to brake hard.

It was great fun and awesome exercise for us both!!!!

[Freestep]

I used to bike ride all over the place with my first dog, she loved it. I didn't own a car and my dog went everywhere with me, so she would run miles. We were both in pretty darn good shape then!

One time, when we first started riding together, she saw a squirrel across the street and thought she'd go after it--she crossed in front of the bike, we both went down and I landed on top of her. That was the last time she ever did that.

[lhczth]

Just did the AD with my two young guys today. They get biked a couple of times per week.

[dogfaeries]

I'd love to try this with my girls (one at a time). I worry about biking on the pavement though. Is that pretty hard on them? I'm not sure where I could take them that would be grass or dirt.

[counter]

I recently got into bikejoring with Paw Paw and Beowulf. Nara tried, but couldn't keep up with her brothers, so she didn't make the team. Nara likes to run beside me, which is great, but for bikejoring they need to be strong pullers and fast runners to stay out in front of you and the bike. If your dog/s can pull like that, I would highly recommend checking into scootering/bikejoring and getting the right gear that goes along with it. I purchased the towline, X-back harnesses, etc. today and took Paw Paw and Beowulf out for their first run in the correct gear. Up until this point, I've been rigging it with what I've had, but wanted to get them in the correct gear since it's better and safer for them in the long run. They basically run in the exact same gear as a sled dog pulling a sled (think Iditarod!), but they pull you on a bike or scooter (google "Diggler" to see the type of dog-powered sporting scooters best used for this).

If anyone has any questions or wants more info on this, please let me know, as I would love to help. I joined the Cascade Sled Dog Club to surround myself with experienced, knowledgeable people who recreationally and competitively race in sled, bike, scooter, and cart races in Alaska, Washington and Oregon.

Tonight was awesome to see them in their brand new gear running their tails off. I will get pics of this and post when I can. With the gray clouds, drizzle, and the sun setting, it was too dark and wet to take pics. Sorry!

[Gilly1331]

Sorry to bring up an old thread but I figured I'd try here before creating a new thread. I just started biking this week with my two girls while Zeus is recovering. Each girl does great by themselves. My 3 yr old GSD/mastiff Lexi is great listens perfectly and we have only done about 1 mile so far on pavement. I started Kimber our 10mo old GSD on just easy 10mins up and down the road. She also listens very well now that she understands what she is supposed to do. I don't want to push her bc she is growing. I also took both girls together just briefly but holding 2 leashes gets a bit difficult. I thought of using a coupler but am unsure. I am eventually going to switch them from their collars to harnesses once they are 100% on commands for the bike. I also thought about the dog/bike attachment but am very nervous about control of the dog/s. once Zeus is better hopefully spring/summer I'd like to add him into the mix and work 3 at the same time. Any help suggestions would be great about how to handle 2-3 at the same time while biking.