Dog Ride

Sean and I did our first ride with both dogs (Gretchen and Yoshi).

Turned out better then either of us expected.

We've each successfully ridden with our dogs individually, but together made us nervous.

The way I described Gretchen's behavior was she just follows me. The way Sean described Yoshi was she stays out front.

The way it went down was I rode out front with Gretchen and Yoshi on my rear wheel and Sean taking up the rear.

It worked perfectly.

Occasionally Gretchen would show-off a bit and run next to me on single track trails (i.e very narrow trails), which she never does.

Yoshi was having a great time. When we stopped for water breaks, she'd run around in circles then back to Sean as if to tell him how much fun she was having.

Gretchen was like "Whatever. I do this all the time."

It was cool when we'd hit a field. The dogs would just take off chasing each other across the grass and into the night. It would get quiet as Sean and I peddled alone along the path in the grass, then suddenly crescendo with the sound of dog collars jingling when they came tearing by and heading off to a different corner of the field.

Hopefully we can get some kind of schedule together. I think we all could benefit from this being a regular thing.

- b