Any experience with dog carriers / harnesses / backpacks?

[Wheelie]

So, my daughter is getting a tiny dog (5 kgs?).

Are there any recommended solutions for carrying the dog on the bike? On AliExpress (among others) there are various solutions on offer (i.e. search for "motorcycle dog carrier").

Whichever solution I get, it must be comfortable for the dog and also keep it secure... Any experience with any such solutions?

I think it would probably be most enjoyable for both rider and dog if the dog was to carried it on the riders body rather than the bike - probsbly the chest, but maybe the rider's back would be just as good? I am however worried that some carrying solutions may cause too much restriction of blood flow, or be both harmful or painful to leg/shoulder/hip joints, or even the tail - but I really have no clue. I've never had a dog before even remotely this small and don't know wether the dogs low weight plays a role for the dog's comfort. Even if I was willing to carry it, for the dog's sake, I certainly wouldn't let a heavy dog of 30 kgs hang in a harness for any lengths of time.

I also think the dog ought to have some goggles, even though the dog would be tucked fairly well behind the wind screen or my back? Maybe even a helmet to prevent the ears from flaping too much around so to protect its hearing? What fo you think?

Or is all of this just a terrible idea?

When I was in my teens a friend of mine would ride around on his moped with his dog in a simple backpack (no goggles or hat/helmet). The dog seemed to enjoy it a lot ~ but then again, the moped maxed out at 50 km/h and the rides were never longer than 30 minutes or so. I will be riding twice as fast, sometimes for hours (a stop every hour).

I don't think I would go for s simple backpack like my friend did - this as I would be worried about the zipper coming undone or the dog jumping out).

Maybe a solution that was on the pillion seat or the tank would be better?

Please advice. Any thoughts are welcome.

[tohellnback]

this works well

[Wheelie]

Is that s regular tank bag? Modified? A purpose built bag?

I like the idea as the dog can lay down to rest/sleep. My daughter's dog will be slightly bigger than yours, so not sure if that will be a problem. Also, I ride s Tenere 700 with an oddly shaped tank which makes many tank bags fit poorly (tall, very slanted, and narrow, and with a protruding gas cap).

Is the dog secured / strapped in, or free to roam?

[tohellnback]

modified bag, sure she has a short leash so she can't jump out
The benefits of have a f 700 My tank is under the seat
my min pin is 5 lbs and very comfortable with this Tank bag she puts her paws on the handle bars with her nose behind the wind screen and has a gas
there is no turbulence or wind noise behind the wind screen, I take all the blast and noise at the helmet

[Wheelie]

Your solution looks perfect for that dog and bike combo! Looks like there is even room for it to lie down and take a nap.

[Threewheelbonnie]

Jess is 12lb



The main thing is the dog has to get used to it and like it. Jess is 8 months old. We started at 10 weeks just sitting in the pannier, wearing the harness etc. We are now up to maybe 10 miles. We go see my parents because she loves the attention there. It's like all dog training, encourage, reward, go at their pace so you don't reinforce failure.

Andy

[Threewheelbonnie]

Gooner was 35lb



With water etc. the sidecar is to me the only solution if you want to go for more than a couple of hours a day. Riding will very quickly dehydrate a dog, so you need maybe double or triple the amount you'd carry for a human.

Gooner rode until he was 10 (lived to be 15) and was quite happy doing two hundred mile days with two or three stops, especially in winter when he could just curl up out of the wind. You won't be doing that with a bag or pannier type solution, so work up and if they look cramped set a lower limit between comfort breaks.

I would not like a backpack solution. Dogs have no self control, only an ability to balance risk against potential gain. If they see something better and decide to wriggle this cannot be allowed to make you lose control. If they start climbing out of a pannier or tank bag you can maintain some control, pull over, fix the harness etc.

Andy

[Riel]

Perhaps check out the carrier from Jess and Greg:

https://www.goruffly.com/motorcycle-dog-carrier/

For more info:

https://adventureriderradio.com/adve...and-greg-stone

[tohellnback]

this is my latest set up the bag I bought in Medellin it is made for dogs 14 litre and expandable the level platform does the trick for Chloe she's happy

[Wheelie]

Thanks for the inspiration. Here I use the OEM tank bag for the T7. I have epoxied on one of those dinghy/tender attachment points to the inner side wall of the bag - strong enough to tie iff a boat. The dog wears a harness that clicks in on the attachment point with a carabenee and a roap shackle - short enough so that the dog can't climb out. I roll away the lid and keep it rolled up with some hairband elastics. The set up leaves my tank bag intact.