OMG, I totally agree. I'm glad you survived, MP - you do deserve a glass of wine...and some chocolate!!

I used to have a shephard/doberman mix who was extremely dog agressive. She was as sweet as pie to humans (and cats) but she hated other dogs with the white hot passion of a thousand suns. Because of this, she was never, ever, ever off the leash.

I can't tell you how many small dogs I had to pay vet bills for because their owners had them off leash and they ran at us! Multiple times, my dog picked up theirs, shook them, and then tossed them in the bushes. And yet I was the one responsible for the vet bills because MY dog hurt theirs. Nice.

I really have issue with people who walk dogs off leashes.