Originally Posted by unterhausen

if it was behind them, did they actually see the kick? Maybe the dog did something unexpected. Labs bite tons of people every year.

My experience with kicking dogs is that it's really hard to do. But the one time I connected, I immediately felt bad about it. Dog running straight for me, teeth bared, pretty scary. So I swung back my leg and as I was swinging it forward, the dog pulled up. So my kick actually connected for once. We were both pretty shocked. I just don't see how you could kick a large dog hard enough to get it off the trail. Not to mention the physics of kicking a dog sideways off of a moving bicycle.

I love dogs but I'm generally unapologetic about hitting them if they are threatening me and close enough to bite. And I'm generally not going to stop in the presence of a dog that was at all aggressive