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From: fish@ihlpg.UUCP (Bob Fishell)
Newsgroups: net.bicycle
Subject: Re: Country Road Commuting
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Date: Wed, 27-Feb-85 12:59:45 EST
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> 
> You, the bike commuter, can do several things:
> 
> 	1) wind the doggie;
> 	2) shoot the doggie;
> 	3) be eaten by the doggie.

The best defense against Fido is a good set of legs.  You're far better
off concentrating your attention on getting away from the mutt than
wasting valuable energy fumbling with a squirt gun or mace bomb, which
doesn't work anyway.  A mailman buddy of mine says that mace just
makes the dorg even more aggressive.

Remember that your legs are moving pretty good and Fido will
have a hard time sinking his toothies into them at a full gallop.
If you have to, you can rap him on the snout with your tire pump.
However, I've never had to go this far, since I've been able to
outrun all the mutts that've taken off after me (so far).

Once you've outrun Fido, you can stop at a phone booth, call
the sheriff, and complain about the incident.  People are
supposed to keep their animals in line, and when enough complaints
are made against a particular canine, they either wind up chained
to a post in the back yard or on death row at the local pound.
In either case, they're not tearing out after you.
/_\_

				Bob Fishell
				ihnp4!ihlpg!fish