Well, I've been calling and the dogs have not been out. So maybe she'll get tired of my calls and go ahead with the fence.

However, on our last Sat. ride we were passing a house that had a fence and 2 dachunds in the yard just barking away--no big deal. Just as I was passing, a medium-sized black dog launched himself over the fence! The man behind me went down trying to stop. It was scary. He was okay and the dog hopped right back over his fence. The owner was there. My friend who went down was furious and told her about the legalities of owning a dog who was an aggressive chaser (understandably sprinkling in quite a few explitives!) Anyway, we did call the sheriff on that one. Wow--if a child had been just riding his little bicycle along her road--horrifying.

It sounds like our area is full of wild, menacing dogs! Not so--just dumb, uncaring dog owners.