Dog-Walking Whilst Cycling
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My dog used to come mountain biking round the local trail in boggart hole clough- off the lead mind- he was so fast and had such good stamina that we'd finish an hour or so's ride and he'd have mud sprayed up his face from my back wheel. happy days.
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Not really recommended, unless you are away from any roads and your dog is extremely well behaved. IMO it's a recipe for disaster, as the dog is likely to run into the bike, with the obvious consequences.
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Sounds like heaven. Sadly, our canine is something of a boggart himself, and very likely to boggart-off at any time if not on the lead. When AWOL, he usually ends up being found in the local tertiary college or trying to gain entry (without a ticket,) to a nearby rugby ground (if there's a match on.)0
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You could try one of these
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He that buys flesh buys many bones.
He that buys eggs buys many shells,
But he that buys good beer buys nothing else.</b></i>
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He that buys flesh buys many bones.
He that buys eggs buys many shells,
But he that buys good beer buys nothing else.</b></i>
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it gets worse
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Leads and bikes don't go together at all.
However, it's a rare dog that can't be trained to walk to heel, or to wheel (if you see what I mean). A dog will run into the wheels just once. Then it learns that it hurts!
If your dog won't reliably come when called, you need to fix that, whether you take it for walks with a bike or not - it's the one thing every dog <i>must </i>do if it's not to be condemned to a life of being led round on a string (and how would you like that?) (PM me for some tricks to help teach this. If you really want to keep a dog, you should be prepared to invest some time or money, or both, in getting it some basic training. Too many owners don't).
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Depends on the breed of dog - I know I could train my labrador to run with one of those, but I'd never try it with our bassett hound! Start by doing some short, slow rides round an empty space such as a car park and then extend them. I'm not sure I'd want to use one on the road, purely down to the concern of some myopic motorist running into my dog - however, for a cycle or towpath they're a good idea0
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Thanks all.
Phil, especially thanks for your concern. But just to try and assure you that I'm not the type of dog owner that I now see my posts make me sound ; our mut is a rescue-home collie-x, and almost all collie we reckon. With the result that he has a very strong "work" ethic. We call it "play", but he is exercised long and hard at least twice a day (frisbee, football, tennis ball etc.) is hardly ever on the lead, and always comes when called. This isn't because we're brilliant owners and have spent years training him - he came that way, and is just more interested in chasing and fetching than anything else (other dogs included.) If you saw us walk him, you might think we were training for Crufts obedience trials - other owners sometimes come up to praise him and ask us for training advice! However, on an "ordinary" walk, once he's worked out that there's no projectile involved, he can become distracted (trains seem particularly attractive!) and even then almost always obeys the command to come back. But just once in a while he doesn't, and that's why I would want him on the lead if cycling (that's me doing the cycling BTW, not him.) Nonetheless, thanks for your interest and offer of help - very much appreciated.
And don't worry, the proposed route is all off-road cyclepath.
Cheers!
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I do try to <s>aggravate the situation</s> help
<b><i>He that buys land buys many stones.
He that buys flesh buys many bones.
He that buys eggs buys many shells,
But he that buys good beer buys nothing else.</b></i>
(Unattributed Trad.)<b><i>He that buys land buys many stones.
He that buys flesh buys many bones.
He that buys eggs buys many shells,
But he that buys good beer buys nothing else.</b></i>
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Hi,
I have my terrier free run along side my bike on a morning - my route is a mixture of cannal topath and footpaths, i go v early in the morning so it quiets out, no cars or people about.
Just remeber to have your dog under control and be aware of where your dog is at all times and you should be fine
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Hi Mrs Postie here. We excercise our dogs, a lab and a retriever on the leads alongside the bike all the time. We first started them off using a 'halti' harness, or it might have been called a 'lupi', one or the other anyhow, it is a sort of stringy harness that their front legs go through. The point of that is that the way these particular ones are gives you the ability to steer your dog! It's great, start slow and on quiet route. Ours love it, they only go a max of about 5mph but they get a great run, are tired, and that means we can go out for a proper ride!!
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Leads and bikes don't go together at all.
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I agree - you wouldn't want the lead to get caught up in the rear cassette!0 -
We have a beagle-collie cross and he frequently comes out with us on bikes,off lead. As has been said, much better to train dog to run off-lead.A collie-x should be bright enough to learn.
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What happens if the dog is on a lead and it runs the other side of a tree/lampost/unsuspecting pedestrian?
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..if I took a team of husky dogs for a walk in front of my bike would that count as cheating?Gravity sucks0
