Quote Originally Posted by Lenusik
I don't quite understnad where you ride to get attacked bya dog. All our dogs are at home in the back yards surrounded by stone walls.
I have three dogs and one of the is a Rottweiler. None of them are even closely interetsted in a cyclist - this is how they were trained. Any dog responds to a firm and strong "NO". There is no reason to hurt the animal.
you sound like you live in a nice area. There are a lot of parts of the state of washington where people let their dogs run free, and big dogs at that.

if a big dog is at your ankles you have every right to smack it with what ever you've got. More than one person I know has been bitten.

True, some dogs are not interested in biting but they get in the way of bikes
causing accidents. remind me to tell my favorite pitbull story..
unfortunately leash laws are not keeping dogs off our streets here.

m