Saved by my Adrenaline while jogging

Disclaimer: This is not for the dog lover.

My Adrenaline saved my legs; the dog and its owner from deadly force. Yes, it was that type of AM jog I experienced this morning.

Once I cut my grass on Thursday evening, I had to decide what my Sat AM workout would be so I concluded it would be a jog in my community. I would save myself time, gas and finally know the distance of my community via my IPHONE (my workout stats etc). By 8 am I was up and heading through the door at 8:30 excited to see my workout stats in a few. For a slight second, I thought to walk with my long broom stick carried while walking but declined since jogging was the agenda of the day. This lady and her two dogs were ending their morning walk and my vibe told me to cross the street well before passing them and I did. My community has various hills so my goal was to make it to the front and once there make it back to the house since I've been doing a combination of jogging/walking recently but not an entire route of jogging etc. Well, all HELL broke loose the last 6 minutes of my jog. At this point, I’ve made it back up the steepest hill and just need to finish this last street and head for the house. Well, the previous vibe came over me again and I quickly realized the big dog was speeding towards me with death in his face. What did I do? Well, I did not run but began to scream so loud and violently that it stopped the dog in its tracks and caused a neighbor to pay attention. Well he did nothing but chuckle as though he was at comedy zone but I could not even deal with his stupidity right then and there. The dog and I looked dead at each other and he charged again. This time I screamed but dipped to the ground with only freshly mowed grass to defend myself. Again, he stopped and all this time my moron of a male neighbor just stood there looking as though now he’s watching WWF. Now, besides being bit up by a protective chicken hen as a child for being too close to her babies and getting chased by aggressive geese, I've been okay in terms of attacks. By now, I realized there is silence and my IPHONE is not playing any music so I immediately got overly pissed off with the thought of thinking my accumulated workout data was lost dealing with this vicious dog but it was not. The dog was not backing down and my eyes concluded there were no objects around but my screaming brought out a neighbor and she finally got the dog to her with food from inside her house. I did scream to find out the owner’s residence and she provided it to me so as the dog ate from her, I charged to the door with the force of the US Navy Seal but decided not to handle her as my mind envisioned since the dog would sense his owner’s distress and charge after me again (adrenaline pumping but reasoning still in check somewhat). What truly put me over the top was when I yelled for her to get her dog and she calmly yet quickly said he would not bite me and she got it good from there on and fled my presence to find her dog. I thanked the neighbor that saved everyone from some sort of bloodshed and told the owner she needs to keep her dog on the leash. She yelled thank you and I responded if not gunshot and bloodshed…and she headed to the house as I continued my jog.

I must have burned more calories in those moments than I did the entire jog and it took everything out of me NOT to head back down to her house BUT I was soaking wet; hence cooling down, calming down and taking a shower took precedents. I was so disgusted with that experience that I ended up cooking a full breakfast to work off the excess adrenaline in my blood, mind and fingers (CNN breaking news).

Advice: Dog owners don’t be a naïve “rass” and think YOUR dog will not attack so protect others’ by using common sense if applicable and respect animal laws. Everyone, do whatever is necessary to protect yourself from immediate harm.

I have the permit so I’ll consider the heavier load as I jog in the future.