I'm glad the water bottle trick worked for you, good one to remember. Last weekend, three of us were riding along, a little spread out, and 2 dogs came out of the bushes and started chasing the first rider. He yelled and waved his hands and both dogs stopped running after him (besides, Lonnie can ride faster than they could run). One dog went to the left side of the road and the other went back into the bushes on our side. I knew he would come out after me, and when he did, I looked him in the eye and hollered "GET OFF THE COUCH !! ..... GET DOWN FROM THERE!!!". The dog stopped in his tracks, stopped barking, tilted his head, and turned around back into the bushes. He just didn't know what he should do. It was actually very funny.

Meanwhile, Lonnie turned around and came back towards us, saw I was fine, and continued back to check on Karin. Both dogs started barking at her and running along side. Neither dog had seen Lonnie go back the other way, and when he came up right behind them and hollered to "GO HOME", they both ran off, tails between their legs. He scared them bad, being right behind them, I mean inches behind them.

Apparently the owners were not home, but the neighbors said the dogs were friendly and wouldn't bite. We took that opportunity to tell them that we didn't know that. Someone who does not know the dogs would have no idea if they were friendly or mean. And they could cause an accident easily. And if someone were injured in a fall because of the dogs, they might want to sue the owners. We asked them to please let the owners know that. And running in the road, they were almost run over by some cars that went by at the same time. That wouldn't have been good either.

Ride safe out there!
Edna