wildwerden
Well-known member
So I picked up this skinny scrawny black dog on the side of the road in the middle of no-fucking-where Missouri. She was infested with bugs (ticks, fleas, worms, all that jazz) and I was pretty sure she had parvo. But 4 months later, she's sleeping on my feet in New York.
I've been slowly gearing up my bike (and courage) over the year for a long tour and now I'm trying to figure out how to take her along. I'm really not sure about this whole trailer thing... but I really like the idea of having her in a bucket behind me, ontop the panniers. Being deaf, I think having her right behind me would be awesome cause I can train her to poke me whenever a car is coming up behind me... extra eyes and ears!
Other folks have done it... (I'm having a hard time inserting fotos for some reason)
@bikecanine
and
@neroandme
Those are pretty good sized dogs... and with her weighing in at 40 pounds I think it's roughly similar. I've already tried it a little around town with a laundry basket kinda thing and she stays put but I find the bike is extra wobbly. She's not really moving around, it's probably just the extra top weight. I need to get on a quiet bike trail to try it out for longer distances and see if it gets any better. Any ideas or suggestions to help keep it a bit more stable?
I already know I'm crazy.
I've been slowly gearing up my bike (and courage) over the year for a long tour and now I'm trying to figure out how to take her along. I'm really not sure about this whole trailer thing... but I really like the idea of having her in a bucket behind me, ontop the panniers. Being deaf, I think having her right behind me would be awesome cause I can train her to poke me whenever a car is coming up behind me... extra eyes and ears!
Other folks have done it... (I'm having a hard time inserting fotos for some reason)
@bikecanine
and
@neroandme
Those are pretty good sized dogs... and with her weighing in at 40 pounds I think it's roughly similar. I've already tried it a little around town with a laundry basket kinda thing and she stays put but I find the bike is extra wobbly. She's not really moving around, it's probably just the extra top weight. I need to get on a quiet bike trail to try it out for longer distances and see if it gets any better. Any ideas or suggestions to help keep it a bit more stable?
I already know I'm crazy.