Jennifer Posted April 13, 2008 Share Posted April 13, 2008 I never thought my boy would take to it but there you go! We are having great fun at high speed! thanks to ruthless and partner for putting the idea in my head...my boy is ignoring other dogs on and off lead on route...it's simply amazing...I'll post some pics soon of the goofy flyer! Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
shoemonster Posted April 13, 2008 Share Posted April 13, 2008 Awesome!!!! Well done! We ride with ours and I love it! (Have been slack since moving house but started up again this week!) Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
jaybeece Posted April 13, 2008 Share Posted April 13, 2008 Congrats It's great exercise for them and gives them something a little different to look forward to so I take mine out for rides too. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Tatelina Posted April 13, 2008 Share Posted April 13, 2008 I'd be too paranoid that they would get caught under my wheels and make me crash. As it was I was walking with one off lead and she walked RIGHT into a slow cycling pedestrian. *blush* whoopsie. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
ruthless Posted April 13, 2008 Share Posted April 13, 2008 :) i'm so happy for you jen. a tired dog is a good dog! i think i'm free next sunday if you want to meet up Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
SammyZ Posted April 13, 2008 Share Posted April 13, 2008 (edited) I ride with my dog sometimes but she doesn't get much exercise!! lol She sits in the back of my Chariot - http://www.chariotcarriers.com/ - usually my two year old is the passenger Haven't done it for a while, might pop out next weekend if the weather is nice! Bec. Edited April 13, 2008 by becboo Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
ruthless Posted April 13, 2008 Share Posted April 13, 2008 that's cheating!!! Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Lacey13 Posted April 14, 2008 Share Posted April 14, 2008 I never thought my boy would take to it but there you go! We are having great fun at high speed! thanks to ruthless and partner for putting the idea in my head...my boy is ignoring other dogs on and off lead on route...it's simply amazing...I'll post some pics soon of the goofy flyer! I thought it was illegal to lead your dog off a bike!?! Am I wrong? Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Reddii Posted April 14, 2008 Share Posted April 14, 2008 Has anyone tried cycling with a BC? I'm keen, but have a horrible feeling my two (boy in particular) would end up trying to herd me and it would all end in tears for everyone! Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Jennifer Posted April 14, 2008 Author Share Posted April 14, 2008 Well we are a couple more days into our new found fun! He is loving it... He was a bit all over the place at first but now he is a pro.... :rolleyes: Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Rom Posted April 15, 2008 Share Posted April 15, 2008 (edited) I never thought my boy would take to it but there you go! We are having great fun at high speed! thanks to ruthless and partner for putting the idea in my head...my boy is ignoring other dogs on and off lead on route...it's simply amazing...I'll post some pics soon of the goofy flyer! I thought it was illegal to lead your dog off a bike!?! Am I wrong? In some places I think its illegal to lead your dog off a bike on public roads, paths or walk ways. I usually go to vacant parks, the showgrounds or sporting fields and I've got a mountain bike that does well on grass and a walky dog bike attachment. Edited April 15, 2008 by Rom Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Tassie Posted April 15, 2008 Share Posted April 15, 2008 Has anyone tried cycling with a BC? I'm keen, but have a horrible feeling my two (boy in particular) would end up trying to herd me and it would all end in tears for everyone! Yep - trained my two up for ET a couple of years ago - and got it, in spite of me falling off - it was foul weather, wet gravel road, and Fergus shook really vigorously - don't blame him, it was sleeting right in his face! My agility training partner did it with her BC too. We had to start off just getting used to riding our bikes on our own (it had been a looong time, and we're no longer young .) Then we rode with a dog off lead - on her property. Then added a lead while the dogs got used to it (I had to do one of mine at a time) - we were still on her property - couple of hundred metre driveway. Finally took the show on the road - well,not literally - it is illegal to ride on a public road with a dog in Tasmania - so we used bike path/footpaths/private roads in parks. I should add that our dogs were about 4 at the time, and trained and competing in obedience and/or agility, and were under good verbal control. I used a harness for my bitch, since she can back out of her collar very easily. And I used a slightly longer lead for one dog, so they didn't get tangled. They worked it out pretty quickly. We still go for a ride sometimes just for fun. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
jaybeece Posted April 15, 2008 Share Posted April 15, 2008 I thought it was illegal to lead your dog off a bike!?! Am I wrong? I haven't checked out the legalities to be honest. I ride on the footpath with mine and I know bicycles aren't supposed to be on the footpath so it's probably a bit legally suss. I've ridden past police before though and they didn't even look concerned so I guess it'd need to be a slow day for them to bother fining me. I do ride slowly with him on the footpath, so he's just going at a light jog and dismount when passing pedestrians to make sure there's enough room. He only gets a good sprint if we're on an oval or wide path where I can see what's coming as I don't want to be pulled off if he sees another dog Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
whatevah Posted April 16, 2008 Share Posted April 16, 2008 (edited) In Victoria it is illegal. But they have a special exemption for the ET. I don';t think anyone would fine you for it unless you caused an accident. I have all 3 dogs down to the park off lead whilst I ride the bike. Great when its raining, and you want to exercise the dogs quickly. My border collie is busy trying to round up the flatcoated retriever and doesn't worry about me on the bike. http://www.vicroads.vic.gov.au/NR/rdonlyre...1/0/part_18.pdf 301. Leading an animal while driving a vehicle A person must not lead an animal while driving a motor vehicle or riding a bicycle. Penalty: 1 penalty unit. Note Bicycle is defined in the dictionary, and motor vehicle is defined in the Road Safety Act 1986. Road Rules - Victoria r. 299 Edited April 17, 2008 by whatevah Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Reddii Posted April 17, 2008 Share Posted April 17, 2008 Has anyone tried cycling with a BC? I'm keen, but have a horrible feeling my two (boy in particular) would end up trying to herd me and it would all end in tears for everyone! Yep - trained my two up for ET a couple of years ago - and got it, in spite of me falling off - it was foul weather, wet gravel road, and Fergus shook really vigorously - don't blame him, it was sleeting right in his face! My agility training partner did it with her BC too. We had to start off just getting used to riding our bikes on our own (it had been a looong time, and we're no longer young .) Then we rode with a dog off lead - on her property. Then added a lead while the dogs got used to it (I had to do one of mine at a time) - we were still on her property - couple of hundred metre driveway. Finally took the show on the road - well,not literally - it is illegal to ride on a public road with a dog in Tasmania - so we used bike path/footpaths/private roads in parks. I should add that our dogs were about 4 at the time, and trained and competing in obedience and/or agility, and were under good verbal control. I used a harness for my bitch, since she can back out of her collar very easily. And I used a slightly longer lead for one dog, so they didn't get tangled. They worked it out pretty quickly. We still go for a ride sometimes just for fun. So there's hope for us yet. My two are still under 2 (17 months and 22 months or there abouts). Both are competing in flyball and the older one is competing in agility - both with good verbal control. I think my bitch would be OK pretty quickly, but the herding force in my boy is WAAAAAAAAAAY strong so we'd have to do a fair bit of work on that one! Thanks heaps for answering. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Tatelina Posted April 21, 2008 Share Posted April 21, 2008 So how do people go about training their dogs so they don't a-run under the wheels b-keep swapping sides of the bikes c-run away after distractions. :D Heh..my lot in life. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
ruthless Posted April 21, 2008 Share Posted April 21, 2008 I use a walky dog http://walkydogusa.com/dog-biking-product.htm It prevents a, b and c :D Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
shoemonster Posted April 21, 2008 Share Posted April 21, 2008 We have been riding a bit lately, normally between 6-8 km I have found that the things that normally distract the dogs on a walk arent as interesting while riding, and we also ride at night, with lights on the bikes, so I guess that helps too Molly can try to cross sometimes but more so when we slow down to cross a road, so I give her to hubby Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
kamuzz Posted April 21, 2008 Share Posted April 21, 2008 I've got a walky dog bike attachment. Is yours the same thing as the one Ruthless posted? Schemes to herself about getting Juice to take up bike riding Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
sas Posted April 21, 2008 Share Posted April 21, 2008 Anyone here bike with dogs that normally get way over excited when seeing other dogs? I have this fear of being pulled off the bike LOL Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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