I just got Dexter a pulling harness and a bungee rope. He is picking it up very fast.
Line out, whoa, go and cluck to speed up.
He was not on the bike yet. I hock him up to my climbing harness and went for a 5 min walk to get a feel of it.
It was fun and he seem so proud of himself
He is used to run by the bike for now about 40 min at a medium trot. How much can he do? He is almost 2 yo.
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I'm assuming bikejoring will only work with a dog who is reliable out in front, that is, he wouldn't use his position to pull you over the curb and into the neighbour's back yard chasing a raccoon.
That harness looks awesome! I bet he loves the feel of it.
Jenny, Dexter is queit reliable when at a good pace. He is much better when biking then on a casual walk. Still the most he will do is look when on leash but not pull.
I got the harness from guides canins for 24$ and the rope for 20$. When there is tension on the harness the end come to the tail base.
I am planing to do more on foot work before putting the bike on or use my private trails at first to work on turn commands. We also have a lot of new housing dev with un paved road and nearly no traffic.
I can't answer your question about how much exercise your dog can do at his age, but I just want to say you are an inspiration, Ariane, for doing all the different activities you do with your dogs.
There is a woman in my dog training club who is active with dog-scootering. Same idea as what you're doing, she just uses a scooter instead of a regular bike. Here is a website I learned about from her. They sell equipment, but it seems like there is a lot of other information available about getting started, training, etc.
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I'm getting super excited about this! Of course, I forgot you can always put the brakes on if doggy is going off in the wrong direction. I have a harness for Jethro and I bought some fleece to make padding. I'm going to see if I can modify what I have to start with. I'm also going to put a flat bed trailer hook up on my bike, so Skipper can ride while Jethro runs. We tied Skipper's travel crate onto the flat bed bike trailer and he likes to ride along with his head poking up through the top vent.
I like the walkydog for now, because it does give me greater control over Jethro when he gets distracted. I love the scooters! OMG. That really looks like ton of fun.
I've been stuck trying to give Jethro enough high power exercise without him getting into some kind of trouble. I think this is going to be a great way to 'run him down' as it were.
Hi Ariane and Jenny! - http://www.sleddogcentral.com/ is a great resource for equipment and info in dog powered sports also. It has a very good forum that might be of interest to you.
http://www.springeramerica.com/
I use this to go biking with my dog. It keeps him on my side and because of the spring I don't feel the tension if he should suddenly dart in a different direction. The spring absorbs it.
He loves this more than a walk. Jeter is almost 5 and he goes full speed for about a mike or so and then he slows down to a comfortable trot.
We have been practicing on foot alot. Gee and Haw are not yet solid. Dexter knows it mean turn but which way. May not help that I'm dislexic. Line out is good and go and woah quiet solid.
I put the bike on for a short trail in our wood! Once Dex figued that he could not get in the wood, new word Trail! It was a lot of fun. Dexter seem to enjoy doing that more than any other activity.
The line out has a problem with the bike, the rider must press the breaks or off we go.
Dexter got a Mr Freeze as a reward, he loves the orange one, me not so much.
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