just a friendly heads-up about a dog encounter I had last night on the top of Skyline, on the Yellow trail heading down to the lake.
I approached a gentleman with a large grey-blue pitbull (really nice looking dog!). At about 25 yards off, the dog laid down. I got a little closer and asked, "Okay with bikes?" To which the owner said, "Yes yes, come on by". The dog was still laying down, and seemed to be uninterested in me until I was perpendicular with them on the trail. There was a good 8ft gap between us as we were on the doubletrack on yellow trail. The dog growled and lunged, and the owner was having a hard time holding him back. At that point I dismounted and continued walking down the trail.
I looked back and the owner was jerking the leash and saying, "whats wrong with you?!" to the dog.
I'm usually a safe judge of dogs. I feel I can usually tell which ones you can ride past, and which ones get scared of the bike and need you to be walking past to feel comfortable. This one appeared at ease and submissive. So heads up for a big grey pitbull that lays down as you approach.
I approached a gentleman with a large grey-blue pitbull (really nice looking dog!). At about 25 yards off, the dog laid down. I got a little closer and asked, "Okay with bikes?" To which the owner said, "Yes yes, come on by". The dog was still laying down, and seemed to be uninterested in me until I was perpendicular with them on the trail. There was a good 8ft gap between us as we were on the doubletrack on yellow trail. The dog growled and lunged, and the owner was having a hard time holding him back. At that point I dismounted and continued walking down the trail.
I looked back and the owner was jerking the leash and saying, "whats wrong with you?!" to the dog.
I'm usually a safe judge of dogs. I feel I can usually tell which ones you can ride past, and which ones get scared of the bike and need you to be walking past to feel comfortable. This one appeared at ease and submissive. So heads up for a big grey pitbull that lays down as you approach.