A great way to exercise your dog!

sharloid

Ours loves it!



Definitely not money saving though.

pawsies

As a side note this is not suitable for small breeds, dogs should be worked up to this and don't do it on major roads incase your dog runs out in front of a car.

However yes, my corgi has done it (she's a very tough, strong dog) although she doesn't pull me she runs alongside and did seem to enjoy it.

sharloid

Yes, anyone that's interested she definitely read up on it first. Smaller breeds are able to do bikejoring though!

I just wanted to share some pics of my boy having a nice time.

gettingready

Ermmmm - is there a weight limit a single husky should be allowed to pull?

Person_one

gettingready wrote: »

Ermmmm - is there a weight limit a single husky should be allowed to pull?

Erm, ouch!

gettingready

Why?

I am not an expert so asking....

When I have seen them pulling sledge there is always quite a few of them....

Uncle google said:

This is a breed bred to work in large teams, pulling light loads (35-50 lbs. per dog) at moderate speeds over long distances. They are more about endurance and relative speed than sheer strength.

Each husky is only able to pull their own weight. So if the husky is 40 lbs it should be able to pull 40lbs. If it's 60lbs then it should pull 60 lbs...

How much weight can a Siberian Husky pull

The breed was quick and could master most if not every terrain. Their strength would lie in numbers when packs would work as a team in pulling sleds and covering great distances with minimal need of food. By 1908, the dog was introduced in Alaska word had gotten loose that there was a superior type of sled dog. In 1909, Siberian Huskies made its debut in the All Alaska Sweepstake Race. It is said that the average weight a Husky can pull on its own would be equivalent to its own weight. So if the dog weighed 25 kg it should have the strength to pull approximately 25 kg.

Not only a grown up adult is several times the weight of the little husky but the bike thing looks dangerous too, easy to have an accident that way and run over own dog who won't be able to run sideways as he is tied up to a BIKE.. to the FRONT of the bike...

Sorry, doe not look like the right thing to do - IMHO.

Erm, ouch! Exactly.. for different reasons though

sharloid

gettingready wrote: »

Why?

I am not an expert so asking....

When I have seen them pulling sledge there is always quite a few of them....

Uncle google said:







Not only a grown up adult is several times the weight of the little husky but the bike thing looks dangerous too, easy to have an accident that way and run over own dog who won't be able to run sideways as he is tied up to a BIKE.. to the FRONT of the bike...

Sorry, doe not look like the right thing to do - IMHO.

Erm, ouch! Exactly.. for different reasons though

That's pulling weight. As in, a dead weight. The scooter has wheels and you can scoot along to help. He's attached to a scooter specifically designed for dogs to pull, not a bike.

As for crashing... that's what brakes are for? It's not a dangerous sport - there are races organised by the breed club.

gettingready

I was wondering what a strange looking bike that was.. thanks for explaining.

Still what is a difference between "dead weight" and a grown up person on a scooter being pulled by a rather small dog?

Genuine question?

I know my Zara who is not a husky but a GS and 39.6kg can almost pull me over and I am 73kg so much more than she is but that is when she REALLY wants to get to something and it is not a continuous pull over longer period of time.

I understand huskies like to pull - just the weight is something I do not quite get, the difference in weight of what I found on google and what your dog is pulling?

gettingready

Ah, now I know it is a scooter.. makes more sense

http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Dog_scootering

Interesting, never herd about this.

I guess one learns something every day - you did not say in your first post it was a special scooter, thought it was a bike with some attachment...

sharloid

gettingready wrote: »

I was wondering what a strange looking bike that was.. thanks for explaining.

Still what is a difference between "dead weight" and a grown up person on a scooter being pulled by a rather small dog?

Genuine question?

I know my Zara who is not a husky but a GS and 39.6kg can almost pull me over and I am 73kg so much more than she is but that is when she REALLY wants to get to something and it is not a continuous pull over longer period of time.

I understand huskies like to pull - just the weight is something I do not quite get, the difference in weight of what I found on google and what your dog is pulling?

Your dog might not be able to pull you over from standing, but if you were on wheels...?

If a dog can run at ease, on good ground without straining then that's ideal. Soft ground makes it easier for him to get traction and he's old enough that his joints/bones are set. He's been worked up to this point slowly (first with a tyre behind him, then running, then the scooter without weight etc).

Obviously it's not something he'd be able to do on difficult ground or up hill, but he can easily get to 20mph on the scooter. Onec the scooter has got going, he's no longer having to put much effort in pulling it. He's not done any long distance yet, but will be doing when our second husky is old enough and then I'm sure they'll be no stopping them!

gettingready

Oh Zara could not do it anyway - she had a double him replacement so we are taking everything easy..

But interesting to know