How timely...

My riding history has been in urban Miami, with absolutely no dogs on our usual ride out to Key Biscayne. Up in Atlanta, my rides alternated between a large park with a leash law, a rail-trail with a leash law, and my own neighborhood loop, with a leash law. There's a century ride out in rural Georgia/Alabama that I did once that had a LOT of dogs, and I was terrified. The same ride is this weekend, and after your story, I was even more terrified. Someone rode the course last weekend to re-blaze the route, and he reported that there were more dogs than ever. Great....

(note: another dog-lover here - one 120 lb mutt, and my recently deceased sweet, gentle Mastiff - she only weighed 170, and couldn't run fast enough to chase her own tail - and too stupid to try)