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"Transportation using lightweight vehicles such as bicycles or scooters, especially electric ones that may be borrowed as part of a self-service rental program in which people rent vehicles for short-term use within a town or city.

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Dog Powered Scooter (lemmy.world)

submitted 2 months ago by [email protected] to c/[email protected]

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[–] [email protected] 10 points 2 months ago (3 children)

I have something similar to this but not quite as involved as this one. It's called a Walkydog and it's just a post that sticks out from the side of my bike that has a very short leash on it. The post sticks out far enough that my dog's legs won't get tangled up in the wheels and the leash is on a spring, so he doesn't get yanked around. We have a mutual understanding on how to behave around squirrels and other dogs and he knows I'll ride slow and steady. He's really pretty good with it. I take him with me to go pick up my kids from school and we all ride bikes back home together.

[–] [email protected] 4 points 2 months ago

With your kids on the leash too?

Jk, sounds fun for all. Unfortunately the pedestrian and bike infrastructure in my place sucks ass.

[–] [email protected] 2 points 2 months ago (1 children)

My mom tried one of those with her golden doodle (around 70 pounds, hyper like a poodle and dumb like a golden retriever).

5 minutes in he ran for something, knocked her down (she was in her mid 60s at the time), and dragged her bike away. It had some sort of breakaway plastic coupler too, but it was too pliable and just stretched a bit instead of breaking. Looked like HDPE maybe.

Now the contraption is in my garage, in scrap metal pile. If she wants to ride somewhere with the dog she tires him in a trailer.

Be careful with them!

[–] [email protected] 2 points 2 months ago (1 children)

My first thought was, "that looks like a surefire way to injure a human and possibly kill a dog."

[–] [email protected] 2 points 2 months ago

The OP’s photo actually looks a bit safer, assuming the dog can support the scooter if the rider were to let go/jump off.

You’d still potentially have a dog running off with your scooter though, which I’d totally watch a short video about…

[–] [email protected] 1 points 2 months ago (1 children)

I'd be so worried about crashing, but its sounds fun

[–] [email protected] 4 points 2 months ago

There is definitely some getting used to it and I can't ever get careless, but it is a lot of fun and he loves it. To him it's like I'm some super fitness maniac who runs 10mph the whole time we're out.

[–] [email protected] 7 points 2 months ago (1 children)

Attach this to a fixed gear bike so the dog also exercises your legs.

[–] [email protected] 1 points 2 months ago

"I thought I was ~~saving~~ exercising him, but he ~~saved~~ exercised me! Adopt a dog today."

[–] [email protected] 5 points 2 months ago

I mean, he wasn't exactly working up a sweat on that scooter even *before * they attached a sled-pulling dog to it...

I guess the life-saving vaccine in his fanny pack must get through somehow. Sure looks cold there - how will they possibly make it against all odds?

[–] [email protected] 4 points 2 months ago

It looks like they just took the bike rack with them.