Last night after my bike ride, I took Nala (12-yr old Aussie Shepard) for her evening walk. The direction we headed took us by a house where a little grey terrier mutt thing (5 lbs soaking wet) who thinks its territory includes the street and is free ranging. Anyway this little scrap of a dog comes running viciously barking out from under the fence straight at us, then around in front of Nala. We're at a fast paced walk, rat-dog full tilt.... BUT it miscalculated the arch and the path crossed directly in front of Nala, who bonked the dog with her nose. The yelp that insued from rat-dog made me think Nala bit it (no great loss as far as I'm concerned), but no one was injured. Rat-dog managed to scare itself! It continued the run behind us, but no barking. I told Nala she was a good girl as we continued on our way.