This morning I got up, got dressed and loaded the bike, I weighed it before I left, panniers loaded, trunk bag loaded, light set installed and water in the bottle the bike weighed 76 pounds when I left the house. The road was wet from the rains during the night, the sky clear and the no wind, as I rode along I noticed the traffic was really light, lighter then usual, about half way to work while climbing one of the four steep long hills on the way to work, the biggest brown dog with a black face chased accross the yard and out in the road, I was traveling at 6 mph, the hill was steep and there was no way I was going to out run him with my loaded bike. He wasn't barking which means he probably meant business. I kicked it on the side of the face with my SPD, it flipped over and I rode on. That woke me up but good. The rest of the ride was as normal. I stopped at the police dept. file a complaint, the officer at the desk appeared to be freshly woke up, He took my statement and didn't seam to be very interested so I doubt anything will be done about enforcing the leash law. I think I'll ride one of the other routes for a couple of days.