Originally Posted by
due ruote
I follow the logic, but now you're dismounted, playing lion tamer in the middle of the road with a snarling dog. You still need to get out of the situation. Do you try to scare the dog off, look for a rock, hope he gets bored, hope he gets called in for supper?
Yep, basically. I had an encounter with what I thought was a dog, but might have been a dog-coyote hybrid. He was kind of serious. When he got to within 15 feet of me, I squirted the water bottle at him. It fell well short of him, but he sat down on the spot. He kept barking and growling, but I started to walk away from him. Once I felt a safe distance away, I rode off. He never got out of the sitting position.