Sit Ubu sit...seriously, SIT!!!

Ever been chased by a dog?

Ever been chased by two?

I was.

While out on a usual morning run, listening to my usual tunes on my mp3 player, I saw a dog across the street. The dog was running around in circles, being dog-like, so I didn't really think anything of it.

Then, he started sprinting toward me.

I figured the dog was starting to chase me because I was running so I slowed to a fast walk, but this did not stop him.

Then, I heard barking from the other direction and turned to look.

There was ANOTHER GIANT DOG running at me.

I had them coming from both sides.

Now, most know that I am not what you would call an "animal lover." I do not hate animals, like many may believe. (OK, so maybe I hate cats and rodent type animals...oh, and birds, but I don't "hate" dogs.)

Due to my lack of animal expertise, I wasn't quite sure how to deal with this situation. Frankly, I was scared. I thought I heard somewhere you are supposed to stand still if a dog is charging at you, so that's what I did. I just stood there...and screamed. I didn't know what else to do.

When I stopped running, they did seem to stop too. They just kind of kept running around me, but I was still scared. These weren't drop-kickable, yippy, tiny dogs. These were big boys (or girls, or neutral).

I've actually encountered this on prior runs, but it's never been two dogs, and their owners were always nearby, and it hadn't happened in a while.

Luckily, two different neighbors (I believe one was one of the owners, but one was not) came outside and helped me. They secured the savage beasts and I resumed running. One even said, "I hate these dogs."

Phew.

I'm not sure I did the right thing, but obviously it went OK. Part of me wanted to run away, but someone told me - later, after hearing my story - that I could not outrun two dogs.

Hmrph.