Bicycle Exercise
 | | Bicycle Lady I | |  | | Bicycle Lady II | | Bicycle exercise with dogs can be a wonderful way to give dogs a good workout. You can go faster and further than when walking your dog.No need to buy an expensive product to make it safe to exercise your dog from a bicycle.
A piece of nylon webbing, a metal snap and a leash is all that's needed to make the simple B-Loop (short for Bicycle Loop) below.
Jo developed the B-Loop after she had a crash exercising Comet. She was pedaling along, holding his leash IN HER HAND, when he saw a cat and lunged. Instantly, she was down on the ground with blood spurting out of a big gash in her leg. Fortunately, it wasn't her head!
Jo weighs about 140 lbs and found that when she attached the leash low down on the stem of her bicycle, even 92 lb Fudge couldn't pull her over with a sudden move. The B-Loop makes it quick and easy to hook your dog to a bicycle. Ideally, your dog should wear a harness (see our
Custom Dog Harness)
when doing bicycle exercise rather than having the leash attached to his or her collar. Yanking on dogs' necks can cause them physical problems. ************************************
B-LOOP INSTRUCTIONS
ESTIMATED TIME - 15 minutes with a sewing machine
- Jo was able to sew webbing on regular sewing machine settings
- 30 minutes by hand
MATERIALS - 1 1/2 inch Nylon webbing 14 inches long (Approx 40mm by 350mm)
- Heavy duty snap link
DIRECTIONS - Fold over End One of webbing 3 inches (75mm) from the end
- Sew end onto main piece in a rectangular pattern with an X in the middle, leaving a loop
- Fold over End Two, 3 inches (75 cm) from its end
- Sew together as with End One
You should now have two loops, one on either end = your Bloopee
- Thread the B-Loop around the front bicycle stem above the fork
- Make sure it does not interfere with your brake cable
- Take your heavy duty snap link and attach through both loops
- You can now snap on a tug line or leash
Always keep safety in mind - for details on using the B-Loop, go to the IMPORTANT INSTRUCTIONS on our Dog Bike Leash pageWe believe that variety adds spice to life.
Besides bicycle exercise with dogs, there are other types of dog exercise
for which you can make a lot of the equipment yourself. We don't presume to have encompassed all the different ways you can exercise a dog and would love to hear (and publish with full credit to you) your unique ideas on this site. Simply
drop us a line anytime...
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