Incident type: Dog

On a recent morning’s ride. I sure wish people would keep their dogs secure. This could have ended very badly if wife had been riding with me, as she rides behind me and I’m sure this dog would have gotten her.

Loose dog runs out from behind parked cars, I could not see it until the last minute. I just closed my eyes and pulled the brakes and hoped for the best.

Lucky for this little dog that all the other road users were on the ball. His owner didn’t seemed too concerned !

Encountered this guy and his dogs on the trails by Golden Lake twice. No leash in sight. Not even an attempt to get control of his dogs.

Two dog walkers without leashes. One had no control over their dog.

Passed these people 3 times. All times they had it off leash and out of control.

Owner had no control. Lucky it wasn’t hit by a car.

E/B on Louis Rd the loose dog came from behind then came near my left leg. Had to use pepper spray to keep from getting bit.

Animal ignored owner’s repeated calls to stop.

The lady walking the dog didn’t even try to stop the animal from lunging at me. It almost bit me, thankfully it didn’t. I yelled out as I was startled and then she lashed out at me with a verbal assault of many choice words. I just keep on riding.