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From: harris@uiuccsb.UUCP
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Subject: Re: Dogs : An Update for 1984 - (nf)
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Date: Tue, 1-May-84 08:39:00 EST
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Posted: Tue May  1 08:39:00 1984
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Nf-From: uiuccsb!harris    Apr 17 23:39:00 1984

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uiuccsb!harris    Apr 17 23:39:00 1984

You've found out the hard way that dogs can be dangerous.  It is a fact
of animal nature that dogs act the way they do, and a bicyclist is neither
cruel nor vicious if he/she protects him/herself.  Avoiding the dog by
steering wide can get you run over, and running into the dog can get you
thrown and possibly run over.   The practical solution is in dissuading
the dog before it gets too near, hopefully in a way that will discourage
such attacks in the future.  A particularly effective solution, one which
even the most devout of animal lovers (of which I consider myself one) can
conscience, is HALT.  The stuff works. Period.

A side benefit is that you have probably protected other bicyclists from
being similarly attacked, and you might prevent the dog from being
injured.   Try it!