Guess i was really lucky that my little 12 lb dog does just fine in my
backpack. He's about 3 yrs old, put him in the bag for the first time
about a year ago, was worried that he'd cry and put up a fight but he never
struggled. It's not like he loves being in there but it's better than
I gave up and packaged it to return to Timbuk2. [Note that they are
less liberal in their return policies than are most vendors -- 30 days
unused, essentially.]
I'm just going to wrap Nico up in a spare piece of Filson cloth and
toe strap him to the rear rack.
On Wed, Feb 20, 2013 at 2:29 PM,
I posted this in the last dog thread:
http://www.youtube.com/watch?feature=player_embeddedv=iYzLPWJfqqo
In my experience, the key is to go really, really slow. We started with
one of those soft-sided closed carriers with a big piece of sheepskin-like
stuff in the bottom so the dog wouldn't
More hope. I dunno, Nico seems very fearful of being put into things
-- as opposed to merely being in things, even small places: he loves
to burrow and usually sleeps bundled up in a blanket or deep under the
covers of my bed. So it's not canine claustrophobia.
After much teetering back and forth
I had been dragging Dirk around in a trailer and he hated that. Then I got
the pack and it seemed to calm him being next to me. The only time he goes
in the pack is to go to doggy daycare or the dog park. He now gets excited
when I bring it out. Speaking of which... it's a beautiful day here in
Thanks for the responses so far. I did try to introduce him to it by
tossing in bits of food (he would whine, approach from all sides
except the open top, then finally work up his courage to dart in and
grab the morsel. I also left it in his basket, under his bedding, for
two weeks. He was still
Time for doggy valium.
On Tue, Feb 19, 2013 at 1:26 PM, PATRICK MOORE bertin...@gmail.com wrote:
Thanks for the responses so far. I did try to introduce him to it by
tossing in bits of food (he would whine, approach from all sides
except the open top, then finally work up his courage to dart
Some tough love.
On Tue, Feb 19, 2013 at 2:27 PM, Jim Mather mather...@gmail.com wrote:
Time for doggy valium.
On Tue, Feb 19, 2013 at 1:26 PM, PATRICK MOORE bertin...@gmail.com wrote:
Thanks for the responses so far. I did try to introduce him to it by
tossing in bits of food (he would
