• Anyone else find that having a dog really impacts on their time on the bike? I used to cycle everywhere in town but now I find that time is mostly used walking him. Barely been on my bike for months. Obviously winter has an impact though.

  • The solution I found was to split with the gf and move far enough away that you need to put in a reasonable cycle a few times a week to see/walk the dogs. Bit of a nuclear option, obviously won't work for everyone.

  • Since moving out of London and getting a dog (and kid) I've cycled a handful of times in two years. Had to start running with the dog just to get some sort of exercise.
    So my 16 month-old border terrier likes to pee. On everything he shouldn't. But never indoors, it's a scent marking thing. This week he peed on

    1. Mans jacket draped over fence around basketball court
    2. Teenagers football that came to rest near him
    3. My lawnmower when I went to empty the grass catcher bit
    4. All the garden things - furniture, plant pots, washing pole, sliding doors, drainpipe, parasol etc
    5. His own tennis ball mid game of fetch
    6. My brothers car tyres (he doesn't know this)
    7. The Ercol showrooms welcome mat
    8. Local businesses advertising A board

    Vet said removing his kiwis probably won't have an effect. I've got some of 'don't pee here' spray from Christmas when I was scared he'd water the tree but I can't spray everything. I'll take ideas but this was more of a rant.

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