Last year I had an incident with dogs as well when riding in the country. Two huge dogs came chasing down the lawn - the lawn was raised above the street level and from the street you were not able to see whether the dogs would be able to reach the street. Not funny! So I crossed onto the other side of the street and biked there for a little while. When I finally got around the corner uphill, the two dogs were just standing there looking where I was.

I also find that a lot of dog owners in our area have now those invisible barriers around their property which really helps. It looks kind of funny though when a dogs comes running with full speed and then stops sliding along on the wet lawn on his butt...

And then there is this nice quiet sub-division where we train hill runs. The first time I ran by, that beautiful white dog was standing there right beside the street, looking at me and coming with me a couple of meters. The next time I came by, he just sat there and watched (I wonder what he was thinking) and by the third time he was actually asleep.