Daniel4

I used to have a problem. There was this one dalmation puppy that wasn't on a leash. The dalmation would not only run after me but jump ahead almost in front of my front wheel. Obviously, I didn't want to run into the dog, nor could I steer away and bike off. All that time the owner would call out the dog's name as we were all the way up the trail. I could have kidnapped the dog and tied it somewhere.

After the third time, I wrote to the city to investigate. Didn't see the dog after that.

I don't have issues with any other dog. The big dogs, like dobermans and golden retrievers are well behaved. The small dogs bark at everything. Most of the time, I would slow down and steer my way as far to the other side as possible while owners hold their dogs down. And when I pass, I smile and say "Thank you."

Only one time was the owner sort of nasty to me stating something like, 'He's not gonna bite'. But how would any stranger know that?