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Bear with me, this sounds daft to me as well 
I've spent the last 2 years cycling into work, which has done me wonders, and I really enjoy it.
I've also just got myself a little puppy I've been promising myself for years. She's 8 weeks old, and comes to work with me at the moment. I work in IT, so she's got a few toys and settles under the desk happily. However, it has knocked my cycling on the head and I'm currently driving.
I've seen dog trailers online, and was wondering if any of you have experience with them? I appreciate it's not exactly ideal for budding road racers amongst you, but I was thinking there might be a few owners who have used one? Most of them seem to have hitches that don't work with quick release wheels, which is obviously a pain.
My logic is that if I'm going to introduce her to a cycle trailer for the commute, now is the time to do it, so she is used to it from day one. At the moment she's 1.6kg so I could probably stick her in a basket or some sort of karrimor baby pack thing, however she's a staffordshire terrier so I don't fancy that as a plan when she's 16kg. Which should do wonders for my legs
Or am I just mental?
For note, I live in the middle of nowhere and my commute is very quiet B / C roads, so we're not talking about putting a puppy in a trailer and chancing it down a dual carriageway
I've spent the last 2 years cycling into work, which has done me wonders, and I really enjoy it.
I've also just got myself a little puppy I've been promising myself for years. She's 8 weeks old, and comes to work with me at the moment. I work in IT, so she's got a few toys and settles under the desk happily. However, it has knocked my cycling on the head and I'm currently driving.
I've seen dog trailers online, and was wondering if any of you have experience with them? I appreciate it's not exactly ideal for budding road racers amongst you, but I was thinking there might be a few owners who have used one? Most of them seem to have hitches that don't work with quick release wheels, which is obviously a pain.
My logic is that if I'm going to introduce her to a cycle trailer for the commute, now is the time to do it, so she is used to it from day one. At the moment she's 1.6kg so I could probably stick her in a basket or some sort of karrimor baby pack thing, however she's a staffordshire terrier so I don't fancy that as a plan when she's 16kg. Which should do wonders for my legs
Or am I just mental?
For note, I live in the middle of nowhere and my commute is very quiet B / C roads, so we're not talking about putting a puppy in a trailer and chancing it down a dual carriageway
Edited by D4MJT on Thursday 19th September 14:32
Put her basket in a trailer so she has something familiar around her but strap her in so she knows she is supposed to stay put.
I've towed my daughter around until she was heavier than 16Kg in a trailer that was ~15Kg. I am very unfit but could manage over 15 miles on average. In one day. It's a good workout for muscle building.
Doggy will very likely love it based on the look of delight on the faces of dogs I see with their heads out of car windows.
I've towed my daughter around until she was heavier than 16Kg in a trailer that was ~15Kg. I am very unfit but could manage over 15 miles on average. In one day. It's a good workout for muscle building.
Doggy will very likely love it based on the look of delight on the faces of dogs I see with their heads out of car windows.
Watchman said:
Put her basket in a trailer so she has something familiar around her but strap her in so she knows she is supposed to stay put.
I've towed my daughter around until she was heavier than 16Kg in a trailer that was ~15Kg. I am very unfit but could manage over 15 miles on average. In one day. It's a good workout for muscle building.
Doggy will very likely love it based on the look of delight on the faces of dogs I see with their heads out of car windows.
Cool cheers fella.I've towed my daughter around until she was heavier than 16Kg in a trailer that was ~15Kg. I am very unfit but could manage over 15 miles on average. In one day. It's a good workout for muscle building.
Doggy will very likely love it based on the look of delight on the faces of dogs I see with their heads out of car windows.
I was thinking a dog trailer as they have no seat and I could get her basket in, plus they have a point to clip her harness onto so she can't do a runner.
Hmmm, could be worth a look I think.
The price of a trailer is a lot of petrol, but I'm not thinking about the money saving as opposed to the exercise tbh.
Why should the dog get a free ride? Get this, saves walking the dog later in the day!:
http://www.petplanet.co.uk/product.asp?dept_id=573...
http://www.petplanet.co.uk/product.asp?dept_id=573...
Because she's 8 weeks old.
Anyway, don't know the price of dog trailers but I got a brand new "double" child's trailer for £75 on EBay. Fill the foot area with a piece of foam and it'd be big enough for a sizeable dog.
Also, the bigger the wheels the better it rolls. 20" wheels rather than 16s.
Anyway, don't know the price of dog trailers but I got a brand new "double" child's trailer for £75 on EBay. Fill the foot area with a piece of foam and it'd be big enough for a sizeable dog.
Also, the bigger the wheels the better it rolls. 20" wheels rather than 16s.
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