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Harness $20 to $40Tugline $25 to $35Scooter $200 to $600

AlternativelySulky $1500 to $2000Harnesss $200 to $300

How do you find out more?For further instructions on training your dog to scooter, go to www.dogscooter.com and purchase Dog Scooter – the Sport for Dogs who Love to Run and/or the DVD, Dogs Love to Pull, both by Daphne Lewis.

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Dogs love to run

Train your Dog to Scooter

What is Dog Scootering?Dog Scootering is an international sport in which your dog pulls you on a scooter. There are

regional, national and international races. A scooter trained dog can pull scooters, bicycles, skateboards, roller blades and/or skiis. You can scooter on city side-walks or mountain bike trails.

Most dogs can scooter. A dog pulling against his leash is pulling with more force than the same dog pulling a scooter. Dogs weighing 30 pounds can pull a scooter. Dogs weighing less than 30 pounds can pull. Assist them with kicking or peddling or by hitching up two or more of them. Senior dogs can scooter. Older dogs benefit from exercise, just as older humans do.

What dogs can scooter?

What equipment do you need?

“Exercise first, then discipline and then love.”Cesar Milan

Ground training before the harness arrivesCreate “drive” before the harness and scooter arrive. Pick a place that you and your dog love to go to. Make it special with ball chasing, tug-of-war, chase or free running, sniffing, peeing and/or swimming. Build your dog’s excitement to go there. Practice scooter commands as you leash walk. When you turn right, say “Gee!” When you slow down, say “Easy”.

Ground training after the harness arrivesScooter harnesses are for working, not playing. When you snap the tugline to the harness, the dog should work in front of you with no sniffing, peeing or socializing. If you want your dog to relax and be off duty or to walk politely beside you, snap the leash to the collar.

Attach a light “drag” such as a bicycle tire to the harness with a line long enough for the drag to be comfortably behind the dog. With leash to collar and drag to harness, go for a walk. Drag on various surfaces. The dog learns to pull, learns to be comfortable with something dragging behind him. Gradually drop back until you walk behind the drag instead of next to the dog. Practice the scooter commands. Teach “line out”.

Scooter trainingLet the dog become accustomed to the scooter by walking the dog while you push the scooter. Next let the dog get used to pulling the empty scooter. When he is fine pulling the empty scooter, take him very close to his Special Place and hop on the scooter and command him to pull.

Play play play, reward reward reward.

Basic CommandsReady: Get ready. We are about to go.Pull or Hike: Start pulling.Gee: Turn right. Haw: Turn left.Wait or Whooooa: Stop.Easy: Go slower.

Dog Scootering is FUN ! Slip your dog into the scooter harness, hitch him to the scooter, hop on and let him run. You ride the scooter; he runs and pulls. When you return home your hyper dog is calm, a different dog.

Dog Scootering is useful. Dogs have pulled loads throughout domestication. Now with scooters and sulkies, dogs are pulling for recreation and exercise, as well as work. A woman in Florida gave up her car and does her errands by dogs and scooter. Another woman drives her sulky to work. When she needs to carry stuff, she hooks a cart behind the sulky.

Once the dog understands that the scooter means free-dom to run and explore, he will love scooter outings. His enthusiasm will rub off on you. Scooterers say, “I am addicted”. How do you train your dog to scooter?

Bonus of dogs that pull

Why scooter with your dog? Advanced CommandsGo to the car: You will never be lost once your dog learns this command.This way: Go in the direction of the scooter.Over gee: Move to the right. Use when making room for oncoming trail users.Haw come: Make a U turn left.Line out: Hold the tugline tight while facing away from the scooter.On by: Go on by the distraction.

Basic Steps1. Create “drive”2. Train commands before harness3. Drag train with harness 4. Acclimate to scooter5. Train with scooter6. Make it fun for the dog

Equipment You’ll NeedHarnessTuglineScooter or Sulky