My dog is sweet but never gets the hang of not trying to cross under the wheels. I bought a device (on Amazon), I don’t remember the name but I’m sure it wasn’t expensive or I wouldn’t have bought it. Anyway, it is an “arm” that attaches to my back axle and it has a clip and 5” leash that I attach to his harness. When I ride my bike my dog trots alongside. He has plenty of room to move about but cannot get himself in my wheels.

I am right now using http://Rover.com for my very first time. My usual sitter wasn’t available and her prices have been rising to make this too expensive so I googled dog sitters in my area and got Rover. First, I filtered by geography and price. That gave me about 7 from which to choose. Then I looked closely at the photos and narrowed it down to the three who had a good clear photo with the sitter looking directly at the camera, smiling and cuddling a pup. Some photos seem like an afterthought and I wanted someone who goes the extra mile. It was also important to me that the sitter have one or two dogs as my dog needs to socialize and I wanted someone used to having dogs around all the time so mine is just an addition to the pack and not a major upheaval in their home. But I also wanted someone who only boarded one at a time. Because these three were rather equal, I took out the one with no repeat customers. I know that they might have just started but I had to narrow the field. Both of the two left had great reviews but in the end I chose the less expensive, closest to me to do a meet and greet. The meet and greet went great. She was super friendly, greeted me and my dog and made complimentary comments about how cute he was and how well behaved. Her dogs got on just fine with mine. Her home was tiny but the dogs seemed well loved and happy. We discussed how often I wanted updates and so she has sent me about 3 texts per day with photos of my dog playing, lounging and looking quite happy. My biggest problem might be when I go to pick him up in a few hours that he won’t want to come home with us and leave his new doggy buddies. If all goes well, I’ll be a repeat customer.