Spotted this afternoon on the corner of Spring Street and First Avenue: some dude on a scooter with a Dachshund on the handle bars. Yeah. You read that right. A brown wiener dog, front paws on the bars, back paws on his lap. Pooch was dressed in a red-and-white-striped jumper, a miniature black cowboy hat and perched precariously, headed uphill. I’ve ridden around on these things enough to know that it’s tough to hang on even when you’ve got opposable thumbs. Via con Dios, Fido. Your NBA jersey-clad owner should look for less harmful ways of getting attention.