How do you secure your dog? Post pics here.

[coupe1942]

Yeah, ya' gotta' do whatever makes you comfortable. Sort of like the pro and cons of seatbelts, as there is really no better answer than to do what makes you feel best or works for you.

I have a one-off custom sidecar door being done by Hardflame. Murphy and my other dogs will have to get used to it though when we get it shipped to us, as they have never had such before. It will be an adjustment for them, for sure. Maybe not evan an easy one for them to make either. My dogs are small enough to ride up on the seat and no pooch pad setup used.

Good luck with your setup.

[coupe1942]

I am not as inclined to believe the info put out by some here on the use of the neck collar and displacement of anything g-force related. Since there is absolutely no testing, the facts presented are pretty much opinion-based and to some degree scare tactics, at best. You have to look at a harness setup and a neck collar in a different manner, each. The dog can fly any direction at all in an actual wreck and not necessarily just forward against a tether. It totally depends upon how he is seated at the time or where the initial impact is focused during the wreck impact. In addition, the weight and size of the dog has an impact, too. A harness can be every bit as bad as a neck collar in a crash situation for the animal. It is just not a given that the neck collar will automatically snap a dog's neck, any more than a harness would snap a dog's back. In a roll over, anything can happen, despite which method it used. I can tell anyone for fact tha the hot pipes of a Ural are no fun to be singed on in such an event, even for a dog on a tether strap. Even so, I find I use my harness more than my dog's neck collar setup, except for photo ops.

You got to do what makes you happy and you feel safest with though.

[Boondox]

My problem with a collar is that when frightened Barley can and does get out of the collar leaving my cell number and his ID behind. He is under voice control, but if I'm incapacitated who knows what he might do? With a harness he can't shed his contact info.

[Jimm Dandy]

Originally Posted by RidingDonkeys

My primary concern is him falling out. I have a Giant Schnauzer, and even when seated his center of gravity is well above the side of the tub. I honestly don't think he'd jump out.


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[ooweel]

Whiskey just turn 14lbs so said the Quazi Dentist who cleaned her teeth a couple days ago. But the question from a concerned citizen who the other day says to me "hey aren't you the guy on the bicycle with dog who wears glasses?" I admit only what I have too. Don't want to freak the gal out with Whiskeys other forms of transportation. She can't see the leash she says. I usually don't ride till it gets above 40 degree's. At this time of year she wears a little parka jobee thingee to keep the wind off her a bit. So to follow this thread, when Whiskey is wearing her little jacket I use a collar for restraint because the harness doesn't work well with the jacket due to the opening for the clip where it meets the harness is off by too much. When she is in my GSA's tank bag I use a harness with a short leash. I have a small dog carrier for the rear of the bike. She didn't like it. I didn't like it, as I prefer seeing her. AND if I do an end over end crash, being on the rear would be a pile driver of a hit first go round. In the sidecar its the same, I have her wear the harness and give her just enough leash to stay within the car. She wears her goggles all the time so her eyes are protected from flying objects during uneventful rides. In the event of of a crash? Who knows for sure where she or I will end up. DOG loves to ride! So I am happy to oblige her!

[coupe1942]

Dogs love to ride, but cats want to drive...

Found that saying on a sign a while back. :-)


Yeah, one has to look at each pooch individually as to what works best when they ride. What works for one may not work for another. I learned to keep my Jack Russell to the inboard side, but she can still scare the hell out of me at times, regardless. I thought of removing the seats and thus lowering the dogs in the hack, but when I actually did it, I just wasn't satisfied with the results, as my dogs expended much more energy in trying to see over the hack walls in that manner. One has to make adjustments as necessary and find what works best by trial and error, I suspect.

Doggles, what are Doggles? :-)

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=cw1grVC8Lkk

[DRONE]

Originally Posted by coupe1942

Dogs love to ride, but cats want to drive...

Found that saying on a sign a while back. :-)

Doggles, what are Doggles? :-)

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=cw1grVC8Lkk

Fun video!

I actually think those might work if you put an under-the-snout strap on them.