Dogs... I use the usuall tactics as most of you do. ususlly a good firm STAY!! or NO!! gets their attention some times it takes more. THe water bottle squirt works sometimes recently i noticed something though. the faster I pedal the more the dog gets excited about catching me and tearing off my foot. once i stop pedaling for a few seconds it seems to break the hypnotic trance and they let up. I did this more than once and seems to work.

With that said there has been a few times that they just keep comming then i am reaching for the fram pump to give a good solid thump in the head.

I met a crazy dude on a bike in Montana 2 years ago he was telliing me of his tactic. I was not quite believeing him till i saw it in action he was fast and strong and like i said a bit crazy.. so when a dog came out he would grin and say OK lets go! he would speed up just a bit faster than the dog and keep the dog just out of reach as the dog got either tired out or to the end of its territiory Mike would turn arround and start chasing the dog making all sorts of noise it was quite a sight sometimes the dog would get wiged out and hitail it home and other times the dog would turn arround and they would start to snarl at each other should have had a vidio camra. if i haddent seen him do this twice i would have doubeted it myself.