On a women's ride Wed. night, a teeny-tiny chihuahua ran right in front of me across the road, and I didn't see him til after he'd already crossed my path since I was chatting with the other two gals (who were riding a bit behind me). It scared me after the fact since I realized I came pretty close to plowing right into him. He was totally oblivious to me riding along at a pretty fast clip; he just wanted to cross the road right then, and there he went!

Fortunately, this encounter was a LOT less traumatic than my last dog encounter on the road; I wasn't scared of this dog at all, but he still made my heart race. I would have felt absolutely horrible if I'd hit him.

Just another case pointing out why dogs should be restrained. Not only can they hurt you, as a cyclist - you can hurt them!

Emily