Bitten by dog TWICE!!! Let me set this up. I commute 17 miles one way and on my route there are a pair of dogs from one house that chase me everytime I come by when they are out. This is out in the county where there are no leash laws. I usually just calmly say "No puppies go home." or something else
non-threatening and sprint past them. I was always more concerned that they would get hit by a car. It is a very lightly travelled rural road. This morning I saw their owner out in front yard mowing and thought to myself. "I will stop and introduce myself to the owner, meet the dogs, learn their names and let them smell me so maybe they won't chase me when I come by". I have done this before and has worked. Mistake. I started to slow down, when I got about 50 feet from the property the dogs started barking and heading towards me. The owner was yelling at them. Since I was going so slow they were on me in no time. I tried to pick up my pace to get away. The larger dog grabbed my foot and unclipped me. Here I am pedalling with one foot trying to outrun two dogs. I tried to get clipped back in when big boy came in for a second strike. It's amazing how unbalanced a bike feels with a dog pulling on the side of your foot. This sent me rolling into the grass with a dog on each side of my bike. I somehow got clipped back in and back on the road, then sprinted away ...finally. I can't recall anything about what I was saying/screaming during the entire time. Scared at first, now furious(Hello pepper spray). The good thing is the "bites" did not break the skin but put about 4 puncture holes in my shoes.