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Wanna Take A Ride?
Hi Eric,
My latest Bubbie adventure:
I decided that Bubbie needs more exercise. Since I’m only able to jog about 1 mile/day. To ‘keep up’ with me Bubbie only has to ‘walk fast’. While I’ve tried to increase my speed to get her into a slow ‘lope’ the cost to my lungs and muscles is just too much to pay. So, I had observed a number of people in the neighborhood ‘running’ their dogs while on bicycles and thought this would be a great idea.
To start I went and GOOGLED: “Dog Biking” and discovered that this is something that needs to be taught. Well, we know that Bubbie is ONE SMART DOG…so, I followed the ‘RULES’:
RULE #1: It is best to use a mountain bike! Well, good for me cause this is what I have:
RULE #2: Your dog should be at least 20# and be older than 1.5 years! Well, good again, Bubbie fits the bill:
RULE #3: “Introduce” the bike to the dog. Let the dog sniff the bike so she will feel relaxed:
RULE #4: Train your dog over a few days to feel comfortable beside the bike. To do this use a leash that will ‘play-out” so that she won’t get too close to the bike. Also if she wants to run a little faster, the standard leash might be too inflexible.
So, off we went. For three training sessions I just walked and scooted on the bike with my foot with Bubbie closely beside me. I’m doing this on the street right in front of our house early in the morning. So, today I get up at 7AM and haul out the bike, hook up the Bub’s and OFF WE GO!! She did so well, I thought, hell, why not get on the bike and pedal. I did, and she loved it and ran slowly beside me. I pedaled a little fast for the second round and…..BUBBIE TOOK OFF!!!!
She ran so fast, the leash SNAPPED and fell into pieces. She RAN LIKE A BAT OUT OF HELL and waited for me at the gate!
Later this afternoon Gabe and I took her (me on the bike, him walking). At about the halfway point, I took the old leash, hooked it around the handlebars and off we went. She was AMAZING and although I didn’t go too fast this time she was in a slow lope.
Today I ordered a DOG BIKING SYSTEM for the dog which looks amazing. With this system, she can actually run beside me and I won’t worry that I will be pulled from the bike. Take a look at the video of it. I’m really excited to be doing this with her. She’s so easy to train!
Bridge on the River Kwai
Hi,
Just wanted to give you a Bubbie update. We have “some” issues with Bubbie coming when she is called. We finally discovered the problem….she doesn’t respond as well to “regular” whistling as “normal” dogs do. So, we tried a few options and found that she responds QUITE WELL and CONSISTENTLY to a rendition of BRIDGE ON THE RIVER KWAI. She appears consistently on the second stanza no matter where she is! Thank GOD we don’t have to wear khaki shorts and carry sticks ….
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Wet Dog Assumptions
Hi Eric,
Well, we’re back! The flight in was a bit of a rollercoaster as there is a big storm in Israel with high winds. However, the landing was really smooth…good pilot. Just to let you know (to be fair to El Al) the food was REALLY GOOD – they must have changed the menu and chef…we were met by Eli the cab driver who had just bought a BRAND NEW cab (three days ago – remember this point).
We then went to the dog “hotel” from the airport. It’s on the way to SION and is in a Kibbutz. It had been raining cats and dogs (and still was raining hard) so we drive into the road to the “hotel” which was FULL of mud. We went too far and Eli had to turn the cab around, it bottomed out in a big sink hole and scraped the undercarriage. No one said a word…..We then drove up to the hotel and Gabe gets out of the car and “plunges” into a river of mud, soaking his shoes up to his socks. Eli and I exit the other side of the cab and go into the hotel. Gabe squishes behind us a few minutes later. The guy at the “hotel” tells us she is a VERY HAPPY dog and goes to get Bubbie, telling us to wait. Naturally, I’m too excited and I follow him. He’s coming with her on a leash from a little distance away and I call her and ….she goes APE SHIT. She’s SOAKING wet and jumps all over me. She hasn’t been brushed in two weeks so my sweater and pants are FULL of her wet hair. I grab her leash and take her back to the “hotel” check out area. Eli sort of looks at this soaking wet dog, my sweater and he says, “You go to the car and I’ll carry her behind you.” I then remember that her bed is at the “hotel” (imagine bringing your own bed to Holiday Inn Express). So, the guy gets her bed and I can SMELL it before it arrives…the pillow that she sleeps on is caked with mud (I turn it over before Eli can see it) and it stinks to high heaven. Eli says, “You bring the bed, put it over the towel and I’ll bring the dog”….I guess I forget that Gabe is with us because he’s ringing out his socks.
I go to the car, place her bed on the towel and here comes Eli with this HUGE, WET, STINKING Bubbie in his arms. He places her in the bed and she moves so that she’s half in and half out of the bed so she can be closer to me (and, by the way, on the outer margin of the towel covering the seat). Eli gets into the car and turns on the AIR CONDITIONING because of the stench and waits for Gabe to wade through the river and get back into the car. I notice that Eli has placed newspaper on the floor and I’m sure it isn’t there for us to read…
We drive home and on the way Bubbie can’t contain herself so she tries three or four times to “LEAP” into the front seat and lick Gabe. There is WET, DANK, Bubbie HAIR all over the car by now….When we get home – he took a “short cut” so it took an extra 15 minutes, I get out and Bubbie LEAPS from the car to follow me, walking on the seat that I’ve vacated (where there is no towel). Although she’s “sort of” dry by this time, her paws were full of mud and there are a “FEW” prints on his new seat. I try to rub them off with the towel and only succeed in transferring the hair from the towel to his seat….Eli NEVER said a word. HOWEVER, Gabe told him to get the car washed on us…Eli said, I might have to get the inside detailed as well (Gabe agreed immediately).
Now we’re home. We turn on the water heater and 30 minutes later Bubbie and I are in the shower. She smelled SO BAD….but her breath was still nice. I washed her thoroughly while she just sat there and enjoyed it. She let me suds her for about 15 minutes. I wash her pillow and bed…and we decide that, since she slept in the bed for two weeks, she will probably be “trained” to use the bed and won’t jump up on our bed any longer. Well, you can see the results of that stupid assumption below:
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