Hey gang! I wanted to share my experience yesterday with everyone....
I typically bike the dogs every afternoon unless their pads need a break. I normally bike with Loki to my left and Tia to my right, like so:
Well, our apartment's dog park is muddy from all the rain, so I left the bike outside the gate when we made our pit stop. It was tough to get them hooked back up with the bike on the outside, so I ended up switching their normal positions (Loki to the right).
Tia did fine, but Loki seemed excited to be next to the side of the road. We were passing a small hill with pine straw and he jumped up on it while still running alongside the bike. I didn't think too much of it, and kind of chuckled at how happy he seemed.
When he jumped back down, though, he either overshot his landing or tried to get to his normal side. He ended up crossing over the backside of the bike and getting tangled up. I felt it immediately and tried to hit the brakes, but we went a few yards before I was able to stop all the way.
He didn't yelp and wasn't making any noise, so I wondered what the heck happened. I looked down and all I saw was one of his front arms sticking through the rear bike wheel!
I freaked out and was worried that he either broke bones or ripped skin, because I saw hair floating around the accident site.
When I hopped off the bike and looked at him, he was just standing there panting and looking at me like "hey can we get going again?" He pulled his own arm back through the bike wheel and I managed to get him back over to the correct side. He had a small black stain on his fur from the tire, but he ran the rest of the way home. He was (luckily) uninjured!
I wanted to share this as a reminder to everyone how quickly accidents can happen. I'm always super-careful with the dogs when we're out on the bike, but this happened so fast it was unavoidable. It was a great reminder to be more alert during our rides.
Why are huskies so good at giving us heart-attacks?
