Too funny! I hate dog encounters--there are so many dogs running loose here. I've been known to get off and walk past them, rather than risk an attack on the bike.

Last week on an ascent there was a German shepherd on the right and a pit bull on the left. Neither made a move as I slowly passed them, until a cocker spaniel came flying out of nowhere, yapping at my heels. Then the pit bull decided it had better watch the cocker's back. My scary bellowing didn't do a thing for the dogs, but it did get the owner out of the house.