Walkydog: The History

It all started some years ago when Caesar, passionate about dogs and mountain bikes, decided the time had come to find a solution to the problem that was keeping him from enjoying both his passions: to walk with his dog and to ride his bike!

As it happened, his dog Plinsky (a very lively 4 year old Siberian Husky) was not an easy guy to bike with — leading him by a leash, road holes to avoid, the mobile phone to answer, the cigarette to light (Caesar gave up smoking, now), sidewalks to get on, direction changes to indicate, etc. On top of that, Plinsky was very attracted by other dogs as well as cats, stopping suddenly when he saw one and side-stepping trying to grab them! No wonder Caesar had several accidents. Nothing serious, but it was time to get the problem solved!

Caesar asked several pet and bike shops for some accessories or tools to help him out; unfortunately, he found nothing that would allow him to ride his bike along with his dog in full safety, both for himself and for Plinsky.

Disappointed and inspired by the famous Italian creativity (there are rumors Leonardo da Vinci was a far-away ancestor!), he designed and built the first prototype of the WalkyDog®, striving to combine total safety with flexibility and ease of use and assembly.

That's how the first prototypes of the WalkyDog® were manufactured and given out to friends for testing. For 5 years, Caesar and his friends took their dogs out regularly with the WalkyDog®, having fun and enjoying the peculiar features of the tool.

By mid 2002, while having dinner with Marco (one of his best friends and an ex-colleague), Caesar and his friend thought that other dog lovers might have the same problem with their dogs and bikes. So, why not turn the WalkyDog® into a project and sell it on the market?

In October of 2002, Caesar and Marco established their company, BICE SRL, to manufacture and market the WalkyDog®.

WalkyDog USA is the exclusive U.S. distributor of the WalkyDog dog walking system.