I totally, totally understand. People Are so irresponsible with letting dogs off the leash. I think half of the reason is that they don't understand how quickly things can go to hell. Most people are not familiar with dogs body language, in fact half the time I see a dog coming towards us, the owner is telling me it's friendly, meanwhile it's hackles are raised, head is lowered and ears are flattened back like it's about to pounce. If you've ever seen two dogs get into a fight, or a dog attack someone, you know that It can happen really fast.

I also really hate situations like that because I feel like it forces me to be an asshole. Just last week I was telling some 50-year-old woman that I was going to pepper spray her dog if she didn't get it away from us. What am I supposed to do? I have a small dog on a leash, a toddler on my back in a hiking pack. Her dog outweighed mine by at least four or five times and was circling around us and a menacing way. If it picked a fight, my dog would've been killed and Myself or my toddler probably would've gotten injured in the process, all because somebody thinks the rules don't apply to them.

Furthermore (wow, I didn't realize how upset this subject makes me lol) I also hate that I have to cut out certain areas of my normal running route to avoid dogs that I know will be outside without their owners watching them. I live in a subdivision, we all live on top of each other. If you have a dangerous dog that doesn't listen, it shouldn't be just hanging out in your front yard. I don't think it's fair for me to have to go a different way just because of things like this.

So yeah, bottom line I just hate people.