A small dog

Life goes on, kids get big and heavy, also strong enough to turn their own pedals.  I'm going to have to admit that in the hilly edges of Oslo, a person might think twice about rolling out the 32+ kilo trike when a bike at half the kilos will do the job.  I can haul a good deal of food on two wheels.

But we have a dog now, at 6kg and "small" he fits really nice in a Nihola box, and surprise surprise its not a bad way to take the dog out past boring car-filled places to somewhere he can stretch his legs.  Quite relaxing on a trike really, easy to start and stop.  I can just go slowly along and he runs around sniffing, then back up on board when we come to somewhere overrun with cars.  I would say the speed of a Nihola is well suited to giving a dog of this size a nice gentle run.  Our particular dog seems well aware that getting squashed would be bad, and he likes to run in the proximity of the rear wheel, but at a safe distance.

We have a foam mattress section in the bottom of the box, wrapped in a towel.  We take a roll-up leash and lock at at a length so that it hangs from his neck when he stands up, to remind him where he is supposed to be.  He's not totally wild about bumpy roads or sudden changes in direction, but also we haven't done this too many times yet.

quite a big fancy truck for Norway, which does not impress the small dog