Originally Posted by Aeneas

Same dog that lunged at me on 7/21 was being walked by it's owner last night. They were in the driveway in front of their house as I rode by, I saw the dog, the dog saw me and decided I was prey. Unfortunately, the house is on a corner with a light and a left turn lane for oncoming traffic. I had a red light. As I approached I asked the owner "You got him?" and with a slight nod indicated the affirmative, but the dog was still pulling the owner around pretty good. The dog, fairly big and powerful (guessing 150 lbs) German Sheppard and the owner was a 200 lb male. Seemed that I was at that light for like 10 minutes, waiting for it to turn green, so I could get out of there.
There are other dogs on my route, some bark at me, some small yippie dogs chase me as I ride past their yards, but stop at the fence, but this one has me nervous. He's big and powerful, could probably knock me off my bike with no effort at all, and I fear that one night, his owner is going to loose control of him. I need to explore some dog repellent concepts... maybe a cayenne/ ammonia mix in a water bottle, cause this dog makes me nervous.