| Biking is my first preference, and I agree with Judi about using a leash, but I know how hard it can be during winter. I have known quite a few people that have taught their dogs to run next to cars successsfully. The roads do not have to be completely abandoned :) , just wide and slow so you can drive slowly with the dog. It might be best if you have a second person go with you or buy one of the mail trucks so the dog can be on the right side of the car (outside of the lane, away from other cars). I like my dogs on the right side for biking too.
Oh, and for biking I like the leash because years back I had a dog that liked to stop and "do his duty" in the middle of our run. I broke him of that habit after awhile, but in the meantime I would have landed face first everytime he put on the brakes, if I wasn't paying attention and had let go of the leash.
Gppd luck, I know how hard it is to exersize my dogs here when it is snowing, I can only imagine what it is like there.
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