I tried with the well reviewed Timbuktu pet backpack but it was strictly no go.
On Wed, Dec 3, 2014 at 6:56 PM, Eunice Chang <sleepyn...@gmail.com> wrote: > Hmm. > > Has Nico tried a thundershirt? They are supposed to help with anxiety. > > Have you considered putting into one of those pet carrier backpacks and > riding with that? This might sound kind of silly, but if Nico is strapped > to your back and you start biking and he realizes that this is a One True > Good Thing (tm) he might actually find the basket to be more comfortable :) > It's how I convince shy dogs to get out of their kennels- because being > lifted outside is much more inconvenient for them and they realize that I'm > not ever going to take them elsewhere and that outdoors are indeed most > excellent One True Good Thing (tm). > > example here: > http://www.ksat.com/content/pns/ksat/news/2014/07/15/local-brothers-invent-dog-backpack.html > > -E. > > On Wed, Dec 3, 2014 at 7:40 PM, Patrick Moore <bertin...@gmail.com> wrote: > >> I can't even get Nico into a basket! Or, I can forcibly pick him up and >> shove him into one, but he'll immediately jump out. >> >> My dream is to construct a nice rigid portable kennel/pannier that fits >> onto the side or even the top of a rear rack. But Nico ain't cooperating. >> >> I offered my daughter $50 if she could accomplish what I can't, but no >> luck so far. >> >> On Wed, Dec 3, 2014 at 2:47 PM, tarik saleh <tariksa...@gmail.com> wrote: >> >>> Two posts from a number of years ago, most of the health/behavior >>> problem solved at least for now, but wink still likes baskets and bags and >>> will ride around the block with me. His complete freakouts when dogs are >>> near and barking prevents me from taking him further afield. >>> >>> http://tsaleh.blogspot.com/2008/08/some-thoughts-on-my-cat.html >>> http://tsaleh.blogspot.com/2006/04/wink256-is-my-co-pilot.html >>> >>> On Wed, Dec 3, 2014 at 2:09 PM, Eunice Chang <sleepyn...@gmail.com> >>> wrote: >>> >>>> Assuming you're serious... >>>> >>>> try positive reinforcement (aka sheer, utter, shameless bribery with >>>> one thing your dog loves the most. sometimes it happens to be the stinkiest >>>> tennis balls, hot dogs, or smelliest cat food (uhmm, I'm running on a theme >>>> here)). >>>> >>>> It could also be that your dog is just claustrophobic... >>>> >>>> -E. >>>> >>>> >>>> >>>> On Wed, Dec 3, 2014 at 3:24 PM, Patrick Moore <bertin...@gmail.com> >>>> wrote: >>>> >>>>> Dammit! Why can't I get my Chihuahua Nico, who like all of his breed >>>>> loves to burrow -- wraps himself up in the bedding until he can't be found >>>>> -- why can't I get him to accept a small portable kennel or pet carry bag? >>>>> >>>>> I tried a small plastic kennel, but gave up. A year before I'd ordered >>>>> a Timbuktu pet carrying backpack with the little nose hole and everything. >>>>> Laid it on his basket, left it for a week for familiarity (and >>>>> inconvenience, hoping he'd sleep in it rather than on the tile floor), >>>>> inserted scrumptious treats; all to no avail. I finally tried brute force >>>>> but damn, it was like trying to stuff an earthworm into a straw -- except >>>>> that the earthworm was spazzing from a high-voltage electrocution. >>>>> Fortunately I was able to brush all the hair off (the pack was black) and >>>>> get a full refund. Silly little shit! >>>>> >>>>> I'd love to have a way to carry Nico on a bike. A couple of years ago >>>>> I came across a young man on a commodity mtb carrying his little Chihuahua >>>>> (1/2 N's size; N is pure but ~9-10 lb; this one must have been 4-5) in a >>>>> cheap backpack -- nozzle sticking out from under the lid. He said he rode >>>>> all over ABQ with her. Stupid dog! >>>>> >>>>> Nico is mellow for a C -- which is why I bought him; didn't like the >>>>> breed before, savage little rats. But he has anxiety "issues". >>>>> >>>>> Perhaps I should drug him first .... Any suggestions for canine >>>>> behavioral modification? >>>>> >>>>> >>>>> On Wed, Dec 3, 2014 at 1:07 PM, Tom Harrop <twhar...@gmail.com> wrote: >>>>> >>>>>> Excuse the poor quality, but I thought I'd post this anyway, just in >>>>>> case the internet runs out of cat photos... >>>>>> >>>>>> -- >>>>>> You received this message because you are subscribed to the Google >>>>>> Groups "RBW Owners Bunch" group. >>>>>> To unsubscribe from this group and stop receiving emails from it, >>>>>> send an email to rbw-owners-bunch+unsubscr...@googlegroups.com. >>>>>> To post to this group, send email to >>>>>> rbw-owners-bunch@googlegroups.com. >>>>>> Visit this group at http://groups.google.com/group/rbw-owners-bunch. >>>>>> For more options, visit https://groups.google.com/d/optout. >>>>>> >>>>> >>>>> >>>>> >>>>> -- >>>>> Resumes, LinkedIn profiles, bios, and letters that get interviews. >>>>> By-the-hour resume and LinkedIn coaching. >>>>> Other professional writing services. >>>>> http://www.resumespecialties.com/ >>>>> www.linkedin.com/in/patrickmooreresumespec/ >>>>> Patrick Moore >>>>> Alburquerque, Nouvelle Mexique, Vereinigte Staaten >>>>> >>>>> ************************************* >>>>> *[I]n exploring the physical universe man has made no attempt to >>>>> explore himself. Much of what goes by the name of pleasure is simply an >>>>> effort to destroy consciousness. If one started by asking, what is man? >>>>> what are his needs? how can he best express himself? one would discover >>>>> that merely having the power to avoid work and live one’s life from birth >>>>> to death in electric light and to the tune of tinned music is not a reason >>>>> for doing so.”* >>>>> * >>>>> -- George Orwell, Pleasure Spots* >>>>> >>>>> *Though I speak with the tongues of men and of angels, and have not >>>>> money, I am become as a sounding brass, or a tinkling cymbal. And though I >>>>> have the gift of prophecy, and understand all mysteries, and all >>>>> knowledge; >>>>> and though I have all faith, so that I could remove mountains, and have >>>>> not >>>>> money, I am nothing. And though I bestow all my goods to feed the poor, >>>>> and >>>>> though I give my body to be burned, and have not money, it profiteth me >>>>> nothing. Money suffereth long, and it is kind; money envieth not; money >>>>> vaunteth not itself, is not puffed up, doth not behave unseemly, seeketh >>>>> not her own, is not easily provoked, thinketh no evil; rejoiceth not in >>>>> iniquity, but rejoiceth in the truth; beareth all things, hopeth all >>>>> things, endureth all things. . . . And now abideth faith, hope, money, >>>>> these three; but the greatest of these is money. * >>>>> * >>>>> -- George Orwell, Keep The Apidistra Flying* >>>>> >>>>> -- >>>>> You received this message because you are subscribed to the Google >>>>> Groups "RBW Owners Bunch" group. >>>>> To unsubscribe from this group and stop receiving emails from it, send >>>>> an email to rbw-owners-bunch+unsubscr...@googlegroups.com. >>>>> To post to this group, send email to rbw-owners-bunch@googlegroups.com >>>>> . >>>>> Visit this group at http://groups.google.com/group/rbw-owners-bunch. >>>>> For more options, visit https://groups.google.com/d/optout. >>>>> >>>> >>>> -- >>>> You received this message because you are subscribed to the Google >>>> Groups "RBW Owners Bunch" group. >>>> To unsubscribe from this group and stop receiving emails from it, send >>>> an email to rbw-owners-bunch+unsubscr...@googlegroups.com. >>>> To post to this group, send email to rbw-owners-bunch@googlegroups.com. >>>> Visit this group at http://groups.google.com/group/rbw-owners-bunch. >>>> For more options, visit https://groups.google.com/d/optout. >>>> >>> >>> >>> >>> -- >>> Tarik Saleh >>> tas at tariksaleh dot com >>> in los alamos, NM, USA, po box 208, 87544 >>> http://tariksaleh.com >>> all sorts of bikes blog: http://tsaleh.blogspot.com >>> >>> -- >>> You received this message because you are subscribed to the Google >>> Groups "RBW Owners Bunch" group. >>> To unsubscribe from this group and stop receiving emails from it, send >>> an email to rbw-owners-bunch+unsubscr...@googlegroups.com. >>> To post to this group, send email to rbw-owners-bunch@googlegroups.com. >>> Visit this group at http://groups.google.com/group/rbw-owners-bunch. >>> For more options, visit https://groups.google.com/d/optout. >>> >> >> >> >> -- >> Resumes, LinkedIn profiles, bios, and letters that get interviews. >> By-the-hour resume and LinkedIn coaching. >> Other professional writing services. >> http://www.resumespecialties.com/ >> www.linkedin.com/in/patrickmooreresumespec/ >> Patrick Moore >> Alburquerque, Nouvelle Mexique, Vereinigte Staaten >> >> ************************************* >> *[I]n exploring the physical universe man has made no attempt to explore >> himself. Much of what goes by the name of pleasure is simply an effort to >> destroy consciousness. If one started by asking, what is man? what are his >> needs? how can he best express himself? one would discover that merely >> having the power to avoid work and live one’s life from birth to death in >> electric light and to the tune of tinned music is not a reason for doing >> so.”* >> * >> -- George Orwell, Pleasure Spots* >> >> *Though I speak with the tongues of men and of angels, and have not >> money, I am become as a sounding brass, or a tinkling cymbal. And though I >> have the gift of prophecy, and understand all mysteries, and all knowledge; >> and though I have all faith, so that I could remove mountains, and have not >> money, I am nothing. And though I bestow all my goods to feed the poor, and >> though I give my body to be burned, and have not money, it profiteth me >> nothing. Money suffereth long, and it is kind; money envieth not; money >> vaunteth not itself, is not puffed up, doth not behave unseemly, seeketh >> not her own, is not easily provoked, thinketh no evil; rejoiceth not in >> iniquity, but rejoiceth in the truth; beareth all things, hopeth all >> things, endureth all things. . . . And now abideth faith, hope, money, >> these three; but the greatest of these is money. * >> * >> -- George Orwell, Keep The Apidistra Flying* >> >> -- >> You received this message because you are subscribed to the Google Groups >> "RBW Owners Bunch" group. >> To unsubscribe from this group and stop receiving emails from it, send an >> email to rbw-owners-bunch+unsubscr...@googlegroups.com. >> To post to this group, send email to rbw-owners-bunch@googlegroups.com. >> Visit this group at http://groups.google.com/group/rbw-owners-bunch. >> For more options, visit https://groups.google.com/d/optout. >> > > -- > You received this message because you are subscribed to the Google Groups > "RBW Owners Bunch" group. > To unsubscribe from this group and stop receiving emails from it, send an > email to rbw-owners-bunch+unsubscr...@googlegroups.com. > To post to this group, send email to rbw-owners-bunch@googlegroups.com. > Visit this group at http://groups.google.com/group/rbw-owners-bunch. > For more options, visit https://groups.google.com/d/optout. > -- Resumes, LinkedIn profiles, bios, and letters that get interviews. By-the-hour resume and LinkedIn coaching. Other professional writing services. http://www.resumespecialties.com/ www.linkedin.com/in/patrickmooreresumespec/ Patrick Moore Alburquerque, Nouvelle Mexique, Vereinigte Staaten ************************************* *[I]n exploring the physical universe man has made no attempt to explore himself. Much of what goes by the name of pleasure is simply an effort to destroy consciousness. If one started by asking, what is man? what are his needs? how can he best express himself? one would discover that merely having the power to avoid work and live one’s life from birth to death in electric light and to the tune of tinned music is not a reason for doing so.”* * -- George Orwell, Pleasure Spots* *Though I speak with the tongues of men and of angels, and have not money, I am become as a sounding brass, or a tinkling cymbal. And though I have the gift of prophecy, and understand all mysteries, and all knowledge; and though I have all faith, so that I could remove mountains, and have not money, I am nothing. And though I bestow all my goods to feed the poor, and though I give my body to be burned, and have not money, it profiteth me nothing. Money suffereth long, and it is kind; money envieth not; money vaunteth not itself, is not puffed up, doth not behave unseemly, seeketh not her own, is not easily provoked, thinketh no evil; rejoiceth not in iniquity, but rejoiceth in the truth; beareth all things, hopeth all things, endureth all things. . . . And now abideth faith, hope, money, these three; but the greatest of these is money. * * -- George Orwell, Keep The Apidistra Flying* -- You received this message because you are subscribed to the Google Groups "RBW Owners Bunch" group. 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