Comments | dot_pet_snark: "I don't want that dog around me!!"

raynbowartist in dot_pet_snark

"I don't want that dog around me!!"

Jan 15, 2006 21:05

OH seriously, people. I met an asshat on a bike today. Ok, so actually it was really a stupid guy on a bike, which is worse than an asshat on a bike...because that would just be funny, unlike this guy ( Read more... )

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raynbowartist January 16 2006, 04:10:40 UTC

Agreed- Jo used to be trained to run beside a four-wheeler, and I am gonna work on getting him back into it- I would use the riding lawn mower, but while he knows to not get too close to it, he thinks that it is something to 'herd'! (We trained the dogs at his breeders to run with the four-wheeler with two people, and since it was in the country, once they had the idea, they were let off leash. )

And, there's always those springers that attach to the bike so the dog can safely run with you. I would get one, but I'm not too steady on my own two feet, let alone on two wheels!

Ben

jennie_c_d January 16 2006, 18:04:23 UTC

I also bike with both of my dogs, not at the same time due to training differences;) Emma doesn't need a leash. Really. She'd stay right with me. Guess what? She wears one anyways. Teenie does need a leash, as she'll run off after a dog/cat/squirrell/old man. She wears one, too! Amazing concept, isn't it?

raynbowartist January 16 2006, 19:41:01 UTC

No way! They wear leashes?!? YOu know, that could be dangerous. The leashes could, you know...get cought in the wheel, or pedal, or they dogs could pull you over! I know you have those huge, aggressive breeds...especially the Jack Russel Terror (yes, I meant to misspell that- I have Yorkshire Terrors!) One look from another dog/squirrell/bird/mouse/leaf and you would be on your face! I hope you wear a helmet! /sarcasm (Well, except for the helmet thing...because helmets are good!)

Ben

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tatjna January 16 2006, 19:24:46 UTC

All farm dogs are trained to run beside a quad. However, if you're going on the road, they all get up on the quad and ride. They are also trained to stay on the quad while you get off to open gates, shift breaks etc.

raynbowartist January 16 2006, 19:36:53 UTC

Yuppers! OT, but I was suddenly reminded of riding a dirtbike on a friends ranch about 8 years ago, and having to bail on gravel because the breaks went out, and skidding about 20 feet on my right arm. It was either that or run right into a barbed-wire fence...LOL

I am looking forward to this spring when we can run Jo more...Now to find a legal way to get the quad to the land where we can run him...LOL (Both are owned by the family I work for, babysitting their kids and being an 'on-call' nanny- the 11-year old drives the quad around with me on the back, since I am used to a ghetto quad that doesn't have all the fancy bells and whistles that this one does...LOL I was like "WHAT??! You shift with BUTTONS?!? NO WAY!" THe kid looked at me like "You can't be serious. Get off and leet me back the think up.")

Ben

tatjna January 16 2006, 19:39:23 UTC

Hehe. Farm quads in NZ are still foot-shift. But now they have new-and-improved Reverse! That you can operate without taking your gloves off!

raynbowartist January 16 2006, 19:44:05 UTC

Wow-wee!! That's pretty special! THe reverse on this quad...I am still trying to figure out. You have to push down the button, hold the break in, shift with the button, give it some gas, make sure you dont back into something (like..oh...the trailer I almost backed into the other day... o_O) and then release the break, shift back out of reverse, through neutral, into first, and go. Man, it made me tired just writing that out! I think I will leave it to the 11 year old (who also knows how to drive my car- just in case of emergencies, of course. *nods*)
Ben

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