I was chased by a large German Shepard this afternoon. It was going after a UPS truck and then went after me as the truck passed me. I stopped running and confronted the dog as I figured it would just keep chasing and most likely outrun me (I didn't get a pair of the Nike Free's yet). It started coming at me and I lunged at it and waived my arms, and it backed off some. The owner (female) was yelling for the dog to come back, and the dog wasn't listening. I yelled at the dog a couple times and it backed off a bit more. Then the owner (male) came out and gave one yell to the dog and it went running back. Two lessons learned:
1.) Confront the dog if you get the chance
2.) Both man and wife should be involved in training and disciplining the family dog
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This kind of thing is to be expected when running outside and can be a frightening experience when it happens. I've run by barking dogs behind fences/closed doors and on leashes that are so excited they seem able, at any second, to break through the fence/leash. I don't like this, and I'm not a big fan of dogs partly for this reason.
I'm happy to read that you made it home unscathed.
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