A little nervous...

[Catrin]

Those pocket size air horns will make them scatter. Our local O'Reilly auto parts store carries it.

I will check it out! If it would fit in a Bento box and allow room for a few nibbles that would be good - I figure I could get it out of the Bento box more quickly.

[luv2climb]

I had a dog incident last month while on a climb. Luckily I had my video camera recording, so maybe this footage will help others.

I was almost to the top of the climb when I heard barking dogs. I saw three dogs behind a tall wrought-iron fence. On past rides I discovered that making puppy sounds at barking dogs seemed to calm them and sometimes stopped the barking. Unfortunately, this time it backfired The dogs started going crazy and one of them escaped and chased me. I heard the owner yell something so I yelled "Get your dog away from me!", "Hey!", and finally "GO HOME!", all while keeping an eye on the dog so I could jump off my bike and use it as a shield if necessary. Luckily the "GO HOME!" command worked. Either that or I left the dog's territory.

Here's the video: http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=4JHqmrRUcJ0

[emily_in_nc]

Wow, great video, and scary to have that dog running after you!

Love the dog at the end getting all submissive when you made your puppy sound...I had no idea they would do that!

[luv2climb]

Wow, great video, and scary to have that dog running after you!

Love the dog at the end getting all submissive when you made your puppy sound...I had no idea they would do that!

Thank you. Yeah, it sounded pretty scary too with that mean bark.

Most dogs love that puppy sound and beg to be petted, just like that yellow lab did. I've also heard that yellow labs like the one at the end of the video are very affectionate. Most of the ones I've petted are.

I wish I knew why the puppy sound made those barking dogs go crazy.