Anyone have any experience taking a dog along on a day long bike trip utilizing a bike trailer. The dog is a 8 month old Brittany and is being trained to jog along next to the bike. This works ok for up
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10 miles or so, but for longer rides am considering some type of trailer the dog could be put in when tired. The dog will, when fully grown, be about 30 lbs. Would like to hear from anyone with experience in this area.
How far do you figure the dog would be able to run? I'm curious. I know that running on pavement is tough on their pads.
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Matthew said:
Just how much are you paying for my advice?
And exactly why do you feel you have to post a reply to a question if you have nothing to offer? That's not Usenet, that's just stupid.
You may have posted a question, but the rest of us have taken the conversation elsewhere. You shouldn't get angry and abuse people just because they've hijacked the thread you began.
How far do you figure the dog would be able to run? I'm curious.
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I expect my Ridgeback to follow me on horseback for 20 miles .
I was reading these posts about dogs following people on bikes and I kept thinking about my niece in Nevada. She rides horses and she has dogs. I never remember her dogs ever getting tired while following her. Maybe there is a difference between suburban dogs and the dogs out west... Are we raising our dogs to be wussy???
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Over 20 miles, horses are significantly slower than the typical cyclist.
Matthew
A cheetah runs 70 miles per hour. Can a cylist beat that?
Not over 1/4 mile, but get more than a mile or two, and the cyclist will easily outrun a cheetah.
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Maggie. (A cyclist who is significantly slower than a horse.)
Maybe for short distances, but I'll bet you could beat most horses over a 20 mile course. 20 to 30 miles per day was pretty good mileage for travel by horseback back in colonial days. They might be able to do fifty once in a while, but wouldn't be good for much the next day. The pony express changed horses every few miles, and they were specifically trained for that.
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Maybe for short distances, but I'll bet you could beat most horses over a 20 mile course. 20 to 30 miles per day was pretty good mileage for travel by horseback back in colonial days. They might be able to do fifty once in a while, but wouldn't be good for much the next day. The pony express changed horses every few miles, and they were specifically trained for that.
They've been running a Man vs. Horse race - 22 miles across some pretty rough country - near Llanwyrtd Wells in mid-Wales since 1980. It took quite a few years before a mountain bike managed to beat the mokes, though last year a runner won it for the first time...
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Maybe for short distances, but I'll bet you could beat most horses over a 20 mile course. 20 to 30 miles per day was pretty good mileage for travel by horseback back in colonial days. They might be able to do fifty once in a while, but wouldn't be good for much the next day. The pony express changed horses every few miles, and they were specifically trained for that.
They've been running a Man vs. Horse race - 22 miles across some pretty rough country - near Llanwyrtd Wells in mid-Wales since 1980. It took quite a few years before a mountain bike managed to beat the mokes, though last year a runner won it for the first time...
I could see that on rough country. I was thinking more of a race on a smooth trail or road, where the bike would gain a lot more speed than the horse would.
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Maybe for short distances, but I'll bet you could beat most horses
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a 20 mile course. 20 to 30 miles per day was pretty good mileage for
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travel by horseback back in colonial days. They might be able to do fifty once in a while, but wouldn't be good for much the next day.
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pony express changed horses every few miles, and they were
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trained for that.
But the real question is.....DO ELEPHANTS RUN? It seems there are many different opinions regarding that. This has nothing to do with horses, cycling or dogs.....it just popped into my head. I recall the debate concerning Elephants and if they really run. In the true definition of the word "RUN". Do you know?
Maggie...Never runs...maybe a trot...never a run. ;-)
Maybe for short distances, but I'll bet you could beat most horses
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a 20 mile course. 20 to 30 miles per day was pretty good mileage for
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travel by horseback back in colonial days. They might be able to do fifty once in a while, but wouldn't be good for much the next day.
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pony express changed horses every few miles, and they were
specifically
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trained for that.
But the real question is.....DO ELEPHANTS RUN? It seems there are many different opinions regarding that. This has nothing to do with horses, cycling or dogs.....it just popped into my head. I recall the debate concerning Elephants and if they really run. In the true definition of the word "RUN". Do you know?
Maggie...Never runs...maybe a trot...never a run. ;-)
Apparantly it was still an open question at least as recently as
2003.
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Also, it seems that they do not trot, no matter how scary the mouse.
I guess with all our knowledge, we still can't figure out if elephants run. There must be some significance to that. We are a people who overthink.
The damn elephants are running in the way an elephant runs. Maybe not in exact definition of the word "RUN"...but in an elephant run. Correct???
Thanks for sharing the website. I thought I remembered that as a debate among those in adcademic circles who study animals. I hope they figure it out before I die. ;-) I would not want to go to the graveyard to die without knowing.
