Dog Carrier

[Kelpie]

Do any of your take a dog on your bikes? Having sadly said goodbye to our lovely Great Dane, were getting something more manageable (tiny in fact), in the not too distant future, with every intention of taking it with us on the bikes. Ive studied all the various options and the Bagster Puppy looks good. However, it looks huge and I struggled to reach the bars with an ordinary Bagster tank bag. Im thinking maybe a modified top box might be the answer but all suggestions most welcome. I dont want to opt for any kind of harness/back pack affair. It needs to be the pups own space with room to lie down and have a snooze on longer trips.

This post was last modified: 02-03-2021, 07:46 PM by Kelpie.

[fixitsan]

A guy down the road uses a topbox with a hole cut in the top. The dog seems to like it. There's another guy in a group I sometimes meet with who has 'Motorbike Milly', and uses a tank bag, again, the dog loves it... https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=E7kWP_g2QY4

 

I personally can't think how bad I would feel if I was in a spill with the dog on board, I'm probably anxious for no reason though

 

 

 

Haha, I didn't realise she went on a bicycle too ... https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=4vpTQxD5Rx0

This post was last modified: 02-03-2021, 08:15 PM by fixitsan.

[Kelpie]

Cool thanks Fixit. We’ve thought long and hard about the safety aspect. We’re both extremely careful and I’m sure we’d be even more wary (if that’s possible), with a pooch on board. I transported horses for years (not on bikes, obviously), and it’s a whole new level of responsibility.

[fixitsan]

Cool thanks Fixit. We’ve thought long and hard about the safety aspect. We’re both extremely careful and I’m sure we’d be even more wary (if that’s possible), with a pooch on board. I transported horses for years (not on bikes, obviously), and it’s a whole new level of responsibility.

I'm sure you are   I'ld love to take our bassett out, but he weighs 5 stone so that would require  a sidecar !

The smaller one, a beagle cross, might be up for it, she's just turned 2 years and has mellowed out really well, so I'll watch this with interest !

[marko67]

I'm sure you are   I'ld love to take our bassett out, but he weighs 5 stone so that would require  a sidecar !

The smaller one, a beagle cross, might be up for it, she's just turned 2 years and has mellowed out really well, so I'll watch this with interest !

Mellowed out? Lol.

 

That was the first thing that went through my mind, the dogs behaviour. We have a new puppy, rescued from the Heinz dumpster. I'm guessing Fox Terrier, Bull Terrier, dingo x Kangaroo. At the moment anything that moves gets nailed.

 

She would be out of a carrier at the first whiff of rodent.

 

Baldy from ADV rides a Ural specifically so he can ride with his Labrador...

[steve27bha]

Howzabout using the Bagster thingie on the pillion seat? Bagster do an Easy harness which should be adaptable to fit over the rear seat and allow the doggie box to be removed.

I don't know about the sizes, tho' - it might be too long to fit on the seat and leave room for you.

There are videos on YouTube of various dog/carrier/bike combos too.

Enjoy the new dog.

[fixitsan]

Mellowed out? Lol.

 

That was the first thing that went through my mind, the dogs behaviour. We have a new puppy, rescued from the Heinz dumpster. I'm guessing Fox Terrier, Bull Terrier, dingo x Kangaroo. At the moment anything that moves gets nailed.

 

She would be out of a carrier at the first whiff of rodent.

 

Baldy from ADV rides a Ural specifically so he can ride with his Labrador...

 

 

Made me laugh, we got the beagle from a breeder who still supplies hunting packs. He also bred jack russels (So we wonder if she's a cross) . A farm in East Yorkshire, the dogs always in outdoors kennels, all facing to the fields, never seeing a human except at feeding time. I think this one got rejected because she's too soft, but has all the natural prey drive when left alone. On tonights walk through the woods she reappeared from some bushes carrying a rotten deer front leg ! She would want to run after a cat or a pigeon !

[steve27bha]

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On tonights walk through the woods she reappeared from some bushes carrying a rotten deer front leg ! ...

 

Wherever do you go for a walk?!!

 

Better not take her near Beecraigs, then.


 

[fixitsan]

 

Wherever do you go for a walk?!!

 

Better not take her near Beecraigs, then.

 

You've been though Livingston haven't you, the A899 dual carriageway going between the M8 and the A71 'Lizzie Bryce' roundabout with the Shell petrol station....just before you get to that roundabout at the A71 end as if you were heading to Edinburgh,, in the woods on the left, plenty of deer at night nowadays. I live on one of the small estates which back onto those woods on the left, a couple of years ago it was rare to get deer through there, they usually stayed on Lord Torphichen's estate, but at night now they set the local dogs off by coming up to the fences at the bottom of our gardens, leaving their scent and a couple of times they've been hooving at the fence !

 

They're not like those big fellas at Beecraigs, red deer I think those are aren't they ? These are the smaller 'suburban' roe deer. The walk through the woods we take is half lit by the council lights, but then we take what was the old road before the A899 was built alongside it, which you can't see from the A899, and use our torches for that bit. I think it was in October of last year we saw 4 deer in under 800yards, either on the footpath or crossing it.

 

Bassett hounds have the second best sense of smell of all dogs, so you can imagine how that walk goes...he switches his ears off completely and those dumpy little legs and big thigh muscles give him 4 wheel drive torque levels !

 

We get a lot more badgers now too, cheeky beggars just trot up and down the footpaths as shortcuts, and foxes too. I think it might well be due to lockdown and them feeling less distracted by people and traffic.

 

We got the beagle when she was 8 weeks, and the bassett was 2 yrs, and he pushed her around a bit, but then around 18 weeks she realised she had grown quick enough to outpace him and from there on I would say she just torments him now to, get her own back. I filmed this at about the critical time....

 

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Cs_jZ55DXkc

This post was last modified: 03-03-2021, 12:32 AM by fixitsan.

[marko67]

 

 

Made me laugh, we got the beagle from a breeder who still supplies hunting packs. He also bred jack russels (So we wonder if she's a cross) . A farm in East Yorkshire, the dogs always in outdoors kennels, all facing to the fields, never seeing a human except at feeding time. I think this one got rejected because she's too soft, but has all the natural prey drive when left alone. On tonights walk through the woods she reappeared from some bushes carrying a rotten deer front leg ! She would want to run after a cat or a pigeon !

I love feisty dogs! Our friends 55kg Mastiff is terrified of the dingo.

 

Kinda back on the bar with a hazlenut in every bite. I would be looking for a breed that sticks to velcro.

[fixitsan]

 

 

Kinda back on the bar with a hazlenut in every bite. I would be looking for a breed that sticks to velcro.

:rotflmmfao: :rotflmmfao: :rotflmmfao:

[Kelpie]

Howzabout using the Bagster thingie on the pillion seat? Bagster do an Easy harness which should be adaptable to fit over the rear seat and allow the doggie box to be removed.

I don't know about the sizes, tho' - it might be too long to fit on the seat and leave room for you.

There are videos on YouTube of various dog/carrier/bike combos too.

Enjoy the new dog.

Thanks Steve, that may be an option alright.



Talking of Deer, we once had a small roe deer jump off a bank in front of us. The Dane, moving at the speed of light quite unimaginable for a 60kg dog, caught it in mid air by the head. She was most put out when we told her she had to drop it and there was no way she could take it home. The deer made off into undergrowth with not a mark on it. She also brought me a live and unharmed fox on another occasion. She was the gentlest dog you could wish for but her boar hound heritage left her with a very high prey drive and the speed and agility of a greyhound.

[Studley Ramrod]

 

There was a member on here, mighta been an Aussie guy, who carried his pooch on his TDM.  Can't remember who it was though.

[Kelpie]

Got lucky and bought an as new Bagster Puppy at a very good price on eBay. Time will tell if I can reach the bars with it on the bike! Pupper is only 2 weeks old yet so we have a bit of time to work things out! Nothing like planning ahead.

[Studley Ramrod]

It'll give the time for puppy to grow.  Hopefully yours will grow less than my nieces' tiny minature, it's now about 18" tall.   Ya gets what ya pays for. 

[fixitsan]

Just came across this

http://www.bikerevival.com/hound.html

[James]

Sorry Kelpie I’m too late to the party for you, but others might find something useful here - https://advrider.com/f/threads/dogs-on-m...es.865643/

 

There’s also a (sort of) entertaining film on Amazon Prime Video - ‘Sit Stay Ride: The Story of America’s Sidecar Dogs’. Obviously, the dogs are all just great... but some of the owners just grate   

[TKH]

Could you mod an old top box?

[Kelpie]

We modified an old Top Sellerie tank bank and installed her in that. Shes 8 months old now and loves every minute on the bike. We only have to get our gear out and she goes nuts.

[Snowbird]

That's a hell of a wheelie with a dog on board, should it look like this?

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That's a sweet looking mut!