27-03-13, 11:00 AM
Hello Again,
Some really beautiful animals about .. Shelly looks like she would indeed be well quick off the grid :eek
I've checked out the German Pointers and Hungarian Vizslas .. all good looking dogs .. I would guess quite both breeds are close to the Labrador Clan.
At this stage .. Annie favours a Lab and I favour Big & Black .. so I recon that's the route we'll be going. I also have to consider that a pup will probably have a good chance of out living me. Most of you will not be thinking like this at all yet I know .. but comes the day when we need to start getting things in order .. cough, splutter, groan .. gasp. :\
The Dog would be then be left to look after Annie for me .. and Annie would take over all things Dog
so it needs to be a breed that she can handle. Labs seem to fit that bill too .. subject to training as always.
Just to pop back into Bike Mode for a moment .. I am also having thoughts about how well a pet Dog would travel in an open Sidecar. Of course he would need a fixed harness .. and in Spain probably a Helmet as well. But what about the 'noise factors'? Do any of you Dog guys have any thoughts about how well (or Not) a Dog might adjust to being close to a performance bike engine with an after market exhaust system? :'( Is this an acceptable thing to be doing?
Cheers in advance as ever ... Stay Safe
Trev
Some really beautiful animals about .. Shelly looks like she would indeed be well quick off the grid :eek
I've checked out the German Pointers and Hungarian Vizslas .. all good looking dogs .. I would guess quite both breeds are close to the Labrador Clan.
At this stage .. Annie favours a Lab and I favour Big & Black .. so I recon that's the route we'll be going. I also have to consider that a pup will probably have a good chance of out living me. Most of you will not be thinking like this at all yet I know .. but comes the day when we need to start getting things in order .. cough, splutter, groan .. gasp. :\
The Dog would be then be left to look after Annie for me .. and Annie would take over all things Dog
so it needs to be a breed that she can handle. Labs seem to fit that bill too .. subject to training as always. Just to pop back into Bike Mode for a moment .. I am also having thoughts about how well a pet Dog would travel in an open Sidecar. Of course he would need a fixed harness .. and in Spain probably a Helmet as well. But what about the 'noise factors'? Do any of you Dog guys have any thoughts about how well (or Not) a Dog might adjust to being close to a performance bike engine with an after market exhaust system? :'( Is this an acceptable thing to be doing?
Cheers in advance as ever ... Stay Safe
Trev