12 days ago on a beautiful day I decided to take my dog for a training run using my bicycle, about 20 minutes into the ride my dog pulled me off my bike into a ditch. The damage I recieved two serious tears of the quadracep which may result in surgery.
No dog training for me for quite sometime.
The big plus no injury to my dog.
Never drop your guard
Thinking of purchasing a Pawtrekker Scooter .
If anyone has one let me know if there a good idea.

Sorry to hear about your wreak.

I don't have one of those scooters but checked them out. I think you could still have a wreck on one of those just as easy if your dog bolted in a different direction and sustain serious injury also.
If you were prepared for it maybe it wouldn't be as bad because you could jump off easier or let the scooter get pulled away as you jumped because of no seat and cranks to get caught in.

For me I feel more comfortable and have more control with a mountain bike. I would like to try one, I think the Rufftrax bigger front wheel I think better control.

Ouch. So sorry to hear that Brent.

Happy healing thoughts going your way.

That sounds bloody painful, hope you heal quickly

I learned a lesson the other evening over the fields.

Left the house in a hurry, realized I had left the chuckit behind, but thought no biggie - WRONG!!

I was looking at the Pointers across the ditch in front of me, who were waiting for the ball, I said 'ready?' and from behind, Boerboel #1 was also 'ready' and as I reached down for the ball, so did she, result, puncture to the hand, following a string of expletives, and having her on the other side of the ditch with the Pointers, I had my arm stretched out behind me ready to throw, when Boerboel #2, who couldn't give a monkeys about the whole exerting himself by jumping back and forth across ditches, preferring to mooch about until the strenuous exercise is over, comes up stealth like behind me and leaps up to meet my extended arm and pulls it backwards - I didn't realize how far back the human arm can go without actually breaking

That is the very last time I leave the house without the chuckit, and the very last time I don't check to see where big boy is before assuming the position lol!

Get well soon Brent, and glad your dog is uninjured

Sorry to hear about your injury, Brent. Hope it heals up without the need for surgery. It's ironic, just yesterday I was having a conversation with someone about exercising dogs, and I mentioned that I was tempted to try biking with them but hadn't gotten brave enough yet because I was quite sure I would end up on the ground.

wow thanks for sharing that I was thinking of doing that myself. TO give my dog cody enough exercise,just a little more, to where he would be tired. Not exhausted. I hesitated because when I was a kid, I had my dog pull me on my scooter and she ran after a kitty and I fell into the ivy and broke my arm. Great thing to remember, be careful! So, I hesitate now and will think it through more. Thanks for the sharing. Hope you recover quickly and that despite the treatment of surgery, do not have to have it after all.

Brent have you decided if your getting a scoot yet and if you are what one?

Tracy sounds like you have some alligators there.

Sharon is Cody 1 of the 3 in your pic? Doesn't seem like you would have an issue with one of them pulling you over, maybe if you took all 3 jouring at the same time and they went for the same squirrel then maybe?

Yes Joe, they are flippin quick for big muscle bound dogs!

Sharks are equally fast and have terrifically powerful jaws, I have likened them to these creatures also

Yes I am going to purchase a scooter , the big plus is that there
low to the ground with disc brakes. Sure you could still fall off but theres no frame work to get caught up in.

I am one of these people that learn the hard way , this was the third crash the other two no problems all with in a time period of aprox 3 months.

Do Not Exercise Big Powerful Dogs This Way If You Value Your Health.
I put a lot of efort into my dogs fitness, He would be one of the few rottweilers that I have seen that is lean and athletic and very fast.

Take care

Ouch. I would love to bike with my dog, but I'm too worried about injury (to both of us). I've been considering a scooter, too. Have you come across the dogpoweredscooter.com website? Does anyone on the forum have experience with these? Looks safer to me than joring (either with a bike or a scooter)...