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If you are out there without a cell phone the best thing to do is to go to the nearest occupied house and have the owner call 911 for you. It happened to me a long time ago on a rural bike route. The owner was completely uncooperative so I had a neighbor call the county sheriff. When she was still uncooperative the sheriff told her he would kill the dog and submit the dog's head to the state hygiene lab for a rabies test. She complied by restraining the dog for the required 10 days but complained the dog was there to protect her family. I had the our bike club lawyer send a letter reminding her that she lived on a well-publicized bike route and that if the dog even chased any more bike club members she would be hauled into court. I never saw the dog again even though I used the route quite often.