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HE sits perfectly poised with paws on the handlebars and a glint in his eye.
There’s nothing Barry the Bedlington terrier enjoys more than a bicycle ride in the countryside.
Some dogs get their thrills by chasing and fetching a ball, but as far as Barry is concerned you can’t beat the fun of riding downhill on a child’s trike.
The 3-year-old pet started by playing on skateboards and enjoyed being pushed by owners Wayne Sowerby and Kate Hayllar.
He then spotted the tricycle and sat on that instead. Before long the adventure-seeking dog was riding that, too. Barry hasn’t yet learnt to pedal himself, but that’s probably his next challenge.
Sowerby, 29, a stonemason from Kirkby Stephen, Cumbria, in Britain, said, “He doesn’t cycle on the trike but he keeps his position and balance and enjoys rolling down hills and along paths.
“The first time we put him on the trike, we set him off down the driveway at our house, which is on a bit of a hill — and he did fall off.
“He started to experiment with the trike when was around one year old and he hasn’t got off since.
“He can hold his balance a lot better now, he doesn’t ever jump off he just enjoys sitting there and rolling on it for ages.”
The couple take the precaution of helping Barry steer the bike by holding two lines of fishing wire which they attach to the handlebars as a precaution.
“I’ve never come across this with any other animal, Barry just seems so laid back he really enjoys it,” said Sowerby.
The tireless terrier also loves his owner’s running machine.
“We put him on the treadmill for the first time when I was doing a bit of running and we turned it up a little and he loved it.
“Once we stopped it and turned it off he sat by the treadmill for half an hour until we turned it back on for him.”
Barry’s cycling antics have made him “a bit of a legend” around the rural area of Cumbria.
If he carries on perfecting his cycling antics he will no doubt be appearing on “Britain’s Got Talent” next year.
(SD-Agencies)
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