• Jo Miran@lemmy.mlEnglish
    30·
    12 days ago

    I had dog that the only way she could function (not got crazy) is if I let her pull me on a skateboard (downhill Longboard) at top speed around our block (.25 mile circle around the top of a hill). She’d pull me at full speed (22 mph per my Garmin GPS) for about half a mile, a fast run for about another quarter mile and finished at a trot for another quarter or so. I weighed about 250 pounds at the time. She was crazy. I had to give her to my handyman who lived on acreage in the middle of nowhere so she could roam free.

  • saltesc@lemmy.worldEnglish
    11·
    12 days ago

    My Laphund hauls me on a longboard. He gets into a really good long-distance pace while I also assist with kick pushes uphill or on slow surfaces.

    Bungee leash, bit of mushing wax on the paw pads, great way to cover the 10km lake circuit. The breed loves pulling for starters, but I think he loves the freedom of running around in “the wild” and covering such distance. He does big hikes too, but obviously only gets to go walking pace, so the “mushing” lets him cut loose.

  • blindbunny@lemmy.mlEnglish
    623·
    12 days ago

    This seems really human lazy. But fuck if you feed that dog right they’d be swol af. That being said I don’t like the idea of people owning dogs just as a means of travel. Humans would just abuse the fuck out of them.

    • TheDoozer@lemmy.worldEnglish
      22·
      12 days ago

      I doubt this is a means of travel or existing for the owner’s benefit. Some dogs just have more energy than their owner is capable of keeping up with, and they’ve been bred to have a high-energy job, so the best thing they can do is be given work to do, like pulling their human around.

      It’s that or walking them while they choke themselves out on a leash because their human is too slow, and destroy things in the house because they have no outlet.

      • blindbunny@lemmy.mlEnglish
        211·
        12 days ago

        I doubt this contraption is cheap. I’ve had dogs like this but I’ve had the privilege of having a large yard or living close to a park. Idk it’s ok if you like it, I don’t.

        • nocturne@sopuli.xyzEnglish
          5·
          12 days ago

          I live near a park, but I still have to keep my dogs leashed, so her exercise is limited to what my knees can take in a day (we already walk them 9km a day). I have a 3 year old rescue that produces more energy than the core of a star. This would be amazing for her.

    • FireTower@lemmy.worldOPEnglish
      4·
      12 days ago

      It’d be much cheaper and easier to buy an electric scooter. Even if you’ve already got the dog.

      I think it’s more of just one of the fun things you’d do w/ your pup.