So Traveler and I have decided to try our hands at fake bikejoring. Which involves me tying a Bungee leash to the handlebars of my bike.
Well, I think we found our new way of biking! He really really loved it, way more than running next to the bike. He just seemed to like setting the pace, being able to run full out whenever he wanted and slowing to a trot when he wanted, he liked being in front and seemed to really get into pulling.
We went past people and barking/lunging dogs and he didn't even flick an ear which is huge since he's gotten pretty gun shy of lunging dogs since we've had so many problems with them while biking. He was just super focused.
We only did around three miles and we did a fast three miles since it was 19 degrees out. My face froze. I also did discover that I did too good of job teaching Traveler to run on the right side, in the grass.
He won't run on the path in front of me completely. So we'll be working on that. But honestly since the path we were on is paved it wasn't too bad, I ride pretty close to the curb and he runs right on the edge of the grass. Hopefully when it gets better out we'll move to real trails and work on being in front in front.
Now I just need to figure out equipment since I think we'll be sticking with this.
Right now he has this harness (And yes, this is the biggest woe is me picture in the world, it was cold, he didn't want to stay and was shivering)
So, I figure I'll stick with that for now and decide what I want. I'm trying to decide between
http://howlingdogalaska.com/index.php?main_page=product_info&cPath=24&products_id=164
Or
http://www.alpineoutfitters.net/secure/scripts/prodView.asp?idproduct=155
Or an x-back harness
I also need a towline and was looking at this one:
http://mountainridge.estoreadvanced.biz/index.php?p=product&id=55&parent=10
Anything else I'm forgetting? Anything I need to know?
Well, I think we found our new way of biking! He really really loved it, way more than running next to the bike. He just seemed to like setting the pace, being able to run full out whenever he wanted and slowing to a trot when he wanted, he liked being in front and seemed to really get into pulling.
We went past people and barking/lunging dogs and he didn't even flick an ear which is huge since he's gotten pretty gun shy of lunging dogs since we've had so many problems with them while biking. He was just super focused.
We only did around three miles and we did a fast three miles since it was 19 degrees out. My face froze. I also did discover that I did too good of job teaching Traveler to run on the right side, in the grass.
He won't run on the path in front of me completely. So we'll be working on that. But honestly since the path we were on is paved it wasn't too bad, I ride pretty close to the curb and he runs right on the edge of the grass. Hopefully when it gets better out we'll move to real trails and work on being in front in front.
Now I just need to figure out equipment since I think we'll be sticking with this.
Right now he has this harness (And yes, this is the biggest woe is me picture in the world, it was cold, he didn't want to stay and was shivering)
So, I figure I'll stick with that for now and decide what I want. I'm trying to decide between
http://howlingdogalaska.com/index.php?main_page=product_info&cPath=24&products_id=164
Or
http://www.alpineoutfitters.net/secure/scripts/prodView.asp?idproduct=155
Or an x-back harness
I also need a towline and was looking at this one:
http://mountainridge.estoreadvanced.biz/index.php?p=product&id=55&parent=10
Anything else I'm forgetting? Anything I need to know?