Originally Posted by truckstop

This. He was trotting along with his owner going the same direction in front of me on the right side, and right as I got behind them, I said "on your left" and the dog saw something in the woods to the left and crossed in front of me, so I skidded to a stop. Owner apologized. I would have actually hit the dog, not really get clotheslined... which I would have felt super bad about.