Hello everyone!

I was riding two days ago on a very familiar loop of mine, and all of the sudden I heard a dog barking. I figured it would just stay up on the porch where it was, about 50 meters from the road. But no!!! It started sprinting full speed for me and I have never been so scared! I've never ridden so fast on my bike either! I sprinted as FAST as I humanly could away from that dog, I heard it panting behind my rear tire, but my adrenaline kept me going strong and I eventually out ran it. When I finally looked down at my speedometer, I had been slowing down already, and felt like I was going slow compared to the racing speed I was going before, and it read 23 mph, that felt SLOW to me, I must have been going over 30mph at least, and this was slightly up hill! PLEASE, does anyone have any tips for dogs?? I am thinking about getting mace, any advice??

Thanks...

Kumari*