Since I've been taking zoey out for bicycle 'walks' lol I wanted to make her something that will keep her safe, i.e. easily seen. they make all kinds of little visibility vests, but I wanted to make it function as a harness too. She was using amber's harness, which I don't really care for anymore - I don't like the webbing I made it out of. So I rooted through my stash of materials and came up with a neon green vest/harness ( waterproof), complete with nylon webbing and metal buckles - I hate plastic ones.
I really took my time on this one, I think I started it thurs afternoon & just finished it last night. I think it fits her great! ( and good thing I kept trying it on over & over during certain steps of sewing!) it has velcro & buckles to keep it on. Its also fully lined on the inside. I'll take some pics of it not on her soon.
Check it out!!
I want zoey to learn to ride ON the bike too, she's been in the bicycle trailer in a crate before but never ON the bike.
cuz someday when we actually 'ride' someplace, she obviously can't run/trot the WHOLE way, so i either need to trailer her or have her ride with me.
so here she is, first time in the 'tub' lol
.She soon found that she likes to lay on the snapdeck! which is awesome for me cuz it makes the weight more balanced. riding with 27lbs of dog 'balanced' is NO problem!! she's a natural! Of course she got the living crap treated outta her lol, so she probably was thinking 'hmmm not a bad place to be!' I just had to reach right behind me to give her a goodie, it was very convenient!
hey! dis aint soo bad!
Looking a little relaxed!!
.Here's a pic so you can see how the tub is attatched, I have a wideloader on the xtracycle, then two tie down straps that keep it on. the one that crosses over the tub is the one she is tethered to. I have some mods I want to make to it in future so her snap can't slide back & forth on the strap.
for her first ride, i went pretty slow, I think the fastest I went is 8mph.
Heres's a short vid
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=xFK1fyJ-FH8