Did you ever find out why he was there?

Stupid, stupid people. He found the doorbell on the gate... that in itself would have said something to him.

Sometimes dogs are better judges or people than any human ever could be. My Nicki wouldn't ever bite or harm a person, but surely would be able to tear them apart if she chose to do so. (To tell you how mild mannered she is, she used to play baseball with the neighbor's kids. She'd catch a fly ball and go running up to one of the kids, who didn't hesistate to put their hands in her mouth to remove tha ball.) But one time I was walking her along the trails by my old house. It runs through the woods then out into a coorporate development center with businesses and restaurants. We liked that path because it ended at lake with a gazebo and she could chase geese. One day we were on the return trip home and this big biker guy was standing at the edge of the woods leaning against his bike. I didn't think anything of it since biker often go to the one restaurant by the lake. Nicki's fur was raised and she started a slow hunched creeping walk as if she was preparing to lunge. Gosh, I never saw her do that before. I was nervous, so I jokingly said to the man as we passed, "boy, she's a bit afraid of you." And he grunted and cracked his knuckles... we took off through the woods running (and not on the path so that he couldn't follow us.)