My wife and I will put our 12lb Schnauzer in our Burley Nomad trailer. He loves it. BUT and this is vital and surprisingly not mentioned, he won't jump out! This is for 2 reasons: first, we have a halter that we leash to the cross bar and second, he did once, and got dragged for a few feet until I could stop my 1/2 bike. He learned his lesson quick!