That's right in my neighbourhood, but it's not me. Judging by his riding attire, it looks like neither his nor his dog's safety is a major concern.:shock:
That's right in my neighbourhood, but it's not me. Judging by his riding attire, it looks like neither his nor his dog's safety is a major concern.:shock:
I've got sweatshirts with front compartments big enough for Kali to ride in. But then she (or he) could reach the radio controns and would cause friction between us.:lol:
I raced in the desert years ago and there was this guy who raced with a dog on his bike. He had a little piece of carpet on the tank and the dog rode on the carpet. I never saw the dog fall off and the dog absolutely loved riding.
I raced in the desert years ago and there was this guy who raced with a dog on his bike. He had a little piece of carpet on the tank and the dog rode on the carpet. I never saw the dog fall off and the dog absolutely loved riding.
My 25# Pug always rides with me. He loves his Roadhound pet carrier on my ST1300A, but he also rides in an old converted tourbox, strapped in with harness, on the luggage rack of my Kawasaki W650. I never leave home without him. We rode over 15000 miles so far his year. I think he loves motorcycles as much as I do.
Pugsley is the best pillion passenger I've found to date.
If you've never owned a dog that loved to ride then you just won't understand. Dog's actually have a mind of their own. If they don't want to ride they won't. If they do love to ride then it's nearly impossible to keep em off. Just like people. I've had many dogs in my life that loved to ride. My current is a mutt terrier that has more seat time than a lot of people I know. She has ridden thousands of hours on everything from bikes, 4 wheelers, trucks, dozers, tractors, graders or about anything else that has a motor on it. I don't let her go much anymore cause she is nearly 14 years old and arthritis is tough on her, she just can't get in or on anymore. She still meets me at the door every morning wanting to go. I don't know which is tougher, letting her go and seeing her in pain or having to tell her she can't go.
Because all my ****-sapiens offspring think I am a dork for riding a GoldWing and refuse to wear doggles, get in front inside the marsupial bag or ride b!tc# tethered on my co-riders lap :joke:
I looked at the picture that started this thread and it looks like she is leaving a gift on the co-rider seat :bow:
With all the velocitizing that we get used to, it is more likely you will snap your ankle off thinking you can kick a piece of debris off the road at speed than a obedient dog will run off to sniff the butt of a roadside transient squirrel. I do not feel that it is at all safe to have the animal un-tethered or un-restrained; but the dangers to the pet should not be overstated either. Self-preservation, obedience and animal instincts probably make that pet safer than that rider (just a guess).
If I tell Bijoux to sit and stay, and if she ran off within seconds to chase a cat, she would not be allowed on my ride; I am sure that same level of trust must be there between that rider and that dog. View it as a very good trick taught to an obedient dog?
Is his master a good person for doing it? maybe no, maybe yes. Does his master love his pet? undoubtably; his companion would not be with him on that ride if he was not! Are we, ourselves, somewhat insane for riding two wheels? highly likely; so why do we do it? (we all know the answer to that)
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