This two dog unit looks to me the most practical and road ready, http://hometown.aol.com/mschue5938/images/dogsctrdblfrnt.jpg
Imagine roaring down the street with a pair of charging pitbulls by your side! Cars and peds alike would steer far clear of you. The dogs provide a unique sentient drive mechanism. For example, when you exit the store you just whistle and your vehicle comes bounding up to you all happy and ready to go. They take voice command and will automatically steer clear of intruding objects. That they may _chase_ other objects could be a problem, cats beware! Bets of all, NO ONE WILL EVER STEAL YOUR BIKE AGAIN. EVER! Exhaust, while an unpleasant side effect of any engine, would make for a tolerable fertilizer. Perhaps roads for these vehicles would be lined with tomatoe plants... A pair of those big poodles would work; I suppose if you like to clown it would look fantastic. >I used to imagine dogsled racing was cruel to the Huskies, > until I saw a documentary about it. The dogs love it! I had a husky as a child, and I can tell you that they do love snow and running instinctively. He would pull me around the drifts for hours on my sled, then lie in a big snow bank and sleep. It seems odd until you remember that primates will pay a great deal of money to go to a mountain and ski. Hard work, so why do they love it so? K. -----Original Message----- From: Jed Rothwell [mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED] Sent: Monday, March 28, 2005 2:09 PM To: [email protected] Subject: Re: Dog power! Keith Nagel wrote: http://hometown.aol.com/mschue5938/dogpoweredscooter.html That's great! Obviously, attaching your wifes poodle to this machine, whilst hilariously funny, would bring down the wrath of PETA and the ASPCA. I used to know a big strong standard poodle named Calamity who would have been great for this. OTOH A pitbull would be the perfect engine, providing an inexhaustable power source, great personal defense weapon, and pleasure to your pet, all at once. Huskies would be even better, mush mush! I used to imagine dogsled racing was cruel to the Huskies, until I saw a documentary about it. The dogs love it! They can't get enough of it. I should have realized they like it, since I have a lot of experience throwing balls for Labrador retrievers. A Lab will plunge into a pond in the dead of winter, grab the ball, come charging back to you and *plead* with you to throw it again. - Jed
