Adventures on the Skyline Drive, with Uther the Shiba Inu as Co-pilot!

[Bazeel]

Did about half of Skyline Drive today with my Shiba Inu, Uther. He is still learning to settle in and just enjoy the ride, so we had to cut out early and head home after he got a bit antsy. He's been loving it so far, however, and I'll keep posting more of our adventures together. We get SO MANY people oogling at us when we ride together, and everyone spoils him whenever we are stopped!

For note, his harness is set up as a 2-point rig with about 3" of slack in each retaining strap. It allows him to sit up, shift, and lay down, but not tip forwards or backwards and put himself in harm's way. His boots are to protect the seat from the dreaded claws, more than anything else. He'll graduate out of them once I am sure he won't 'dig in' around curves!

-Moved from RT section, as this is more general post material.

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[bruiser]

He is beautiful. I love the name. Taken from Uther Pendragon??

[Bazeel]

He is beautiful. I love the name. Taken from Uther Pendragon??

Correct! We didn't want a 'traditional' Shiba Inu name like Shinobi or Taku or the like. Honestly though, we call him 'Shiba' more than Uther, as he responds better to the 'Sh' sound of the word. I think it is more easily recognized from the background noises.

[SPYD1]

That's a nice looking dog...and bike...and road.

[Bazeel]

That's a nice looking dog...and bike...and road.

Thanks on all the above. The road is here:

https://maps.google.com/maps?oe=utf-...&ved=0CNkBELYD

I'd be happy to take anyone along (I have a season pass, good for 2 vehicles) should they ever be in my 'neck of the woods'.

As I live at the Southern entrance (10 minutes from), I could easily meet people along the way!

[pslawing]

Skyline drive is a toll road?? Always wanted to do skyline and blue ridge in one trip

[billpowell]

Did about half of Skyline Drive today with my Shiba Inu, Uther. He is still learning to settle in and just enjoy the ride, so we had to cut out early and head home after he got a bit antsy. He's been loving it so far, however, and I'll keep posting more of our adventures together. We get SO MANY people oogling at us when we ride together, and everyone spoils him whenever we are stopped!

For note, his harness is set up as a 2-point rig with about 3" of slack in each retaining strap. It allows him to sit up, shift, and lay down, but not tip forwards or backwards and put himself in harm's way. His boots are to protect the seat from the dreaded claws, more than anything else. He'll graduate out of them once I am sure he won't 'dig in' around curves!

-Moved from RT section, as this is more general post material.

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Very neat that your dog will go with you. We are riding Skyline in July, a Spyder and a wing. Staying at the KOA in Luray.