Training a dog to ride

[TGCarol]

Hi guys,

Happy days here. I'm getting a new little puppy I would like to start out right and teach him to like riding in a carrier on the passenger seat of my Tri Glide. Does anyone have any tips or tricks to accomplish this? I have a Kuryakyn Pet Palace on order.

Thanks for any ideas.
Carol

 

[Phu Cat]

I hope PEETA doesn't give ya any guff. We'd of like'd to have been able to take our dog along but she was too big. Good luck with your 'experiment' for lack of a better word and what's his name?

Phu Cat

 

[Blueline]

Can't help with the training, but..congratulations and good luck!

 

[TGCarol]

Thanks guys.

He's a little mini doxie. We're still finalizing the name. Pick him up tomorrow evening. If he never rides, that's OK. We'll take it slow and see what happens.

 

[FRR]

Tried to take my girlfriend's dog for a ride on the back of the trike several times. Put the little dog in a dog carrier and put it on back of luggage rack. Every time little max saw somebody with his head off out of the Carrier he barked like crazy had to stop every 25 miles of the dog went nuts. Finally convinced her that Max would not be good on motorcycle.

 

[paws]

Fuzzy - get him some Doggles !!

 

[consitter]

He would only need a 'doggle'.

 

[1dn5up]

Thanks guys.

He's a little mini doxie. We're still finalizing the name. Pick him up tomorrow evening. If he never rides, that's OK. We'll take it slow and see what happens.

Glad to see you got a new pup Carrol that's the spirit

 

[TGCarol]

Glad to see you got a new pup Carrol that's the spirit

Thanks for this. We miss our Aussie puppy so much and now our Lab is not well. She's 12 years old, blind and she needs a shot twice a day for diabetes. In the past couple of days she has gotten very weak and she's not eating very well. My poor old sweet puppy girl.

I'm looking forward to some lighthearted puppy playfulness.

 

[consitter]

I would've expected no less.

 

[Ol' Man Jeb]

I'm still looking for a solution to take my 91lb pup on my trike.

 

[johnf]

dog

Hope to get my pup on mine!

 

[Catfish]

The best time to accustom a pet to a motorcycle is when it is very young. The longer you wait, I believe, increases the difficulty, although not impossible.

 

[dickdb]

Years ago, I had a young Boxer named Sully ( best dog I ever had). One day my buddy Weed came over to show me his new Softtail. We looked it over and then went into the garage for a couple beers. When he was ready to leave, I didn't notice Sully right behind the bike sniffing the pipes. Weed started up the bike, cracked the throttle; the pipes roared and poor Sully almost jumped out of his skin. The poor dog would never again get within 20 feet of a bike. I guess the moral is start him young but don't scare him.

 

[desertclassic]

I have a friend that bought a tag along trailer, cut a hole in the lid and takes his large aussie everywhere. Jim

 

[FRR]

Years ago we had a guy in our Gold wing group that had a dog and wanted to take it everywhere. He bought a trailer for his bike and modified it with a camera and a fan so the dog could be with him and his wife on rides. He took the dog everywhere.

Later on when he was serving his sentence in prison his wife divorced him and got custody of the dog. He never took the dog riding again since his motorcycle had been sold but he did receive weekend visits with the pup. I guess the moral of the story is don't embezzle funds or you'll lose your bike and your pup. ( Not sure the wife was much of a loss)

 

[TGCarol]

Here he is.....


This is Wiley. He's a mini dachshund.

 

[Blueline]

He's adorable! Looks like all you have to do to go for a ride is put him your pocket!!!!

 

[Catfish]

I've been trying to get my brother to send me a picture with his dog Max riding on the tank of his bike. I asked him how he managed to get him to ride with him. There have been several articles in the newspaper in Florida. He said he wanted to ride as a very young pup. When they got him the dog would wine every time he got on the bike to leave. He told me that he leaves his vehicle keys on hooks near the door and the dog knows the difference from the car and the bike so every time he reaches for the bike key the dog gets excited and starts jumping up and down because he want to go along. The dog likes to stand on the tank to get his face in the wind and when he gets tired he'll just lay down. Not a very good picture, but it is what it is, :laugh:. Thought maybe some of you might enjoy seeing the little guy enjoying the ride.

 

[Trikindan]

If you attended Maggie Valley TT get together last September, you have met Drake. Drake is a Triker Dog. He loves to ride and let's me know anytime I fire up the Trike. He started out in a Kury Pet Palace but later I made him his own carrier.
He took to riding like a Duck to water....no training required.:Trike1: