Why have a screen name of Veganbikes if you don't realize your perception of animals is different than that of others, what would be the fun?

The idea of dogs chasing one out into the road and then getting killed by other vehicles being the fault of their owners is incomplete. It is true that cyclists are at times models of excess caution (helmets, cotton avoidance), but the world does not revolve around us, and if we choose rural routes where clearly the same dog was not killed on any other day of it's life by charging a cyclists, it may be that our presence is so unusual that the owners would not have rationally factored us in. It can't do much for our reputation if the result of our passing is the death of a prized and probably loved animal. And then we just drive off. On the other hand I know of at least one case where a hiker was forced to shoot a dog owner because the owner tried to kill the hiker who had drawn out his dogs. So hanging around may not be a great idea either. Having hit a large dog when it simply trotted across the road in front of my Ford ranger, it got under the front of the car, and I ended up in the ditch. I didn't steer myself there. So there is that risk also. Not to mention several thousand dollars of property damage to the dog and the vehicle. We have the right to the use of the road, and I don't see a particular solution to this problem.