[yorkie mad]

Originally Posted by shawnzeppi

Nice pictures!

I used to take my first Yorkie, Pippin on many bike rides. I learned the hard way about the necessity of a harness. We were touring the Antietam battlefield in MD, and he was in my bike basket and a squirrel and ran by... I thought he was too smart to jump out of a high basket, but I was wrong and paid the price for that mistake. He was bloody all over and shaking. I was bloody too after I slammed on the brakes (I was actually dragging him for a bit on a dirt path with lots of rocks until we came to a stop, I went over the handle bars, as he was in his walking harness and it stayed in the basked after he jumped).

After that incident and a trip to the doggy ER, where he pronounced fit and just scratched up, I installed a restraining device to the basket. I would never say that riding with any dog in a basket is completely safe, but it was a vast improvement. I always rode extra careful with him, but you cant control everything when your in a vehicle, even a bike. Recommend you stay on smooth paved bike paths, and stay away from heavy traffic.

oh my goodness, so glad he was ok. Definitely keeping to paths and bridle paths, thanks for the advice though.