I don't often venture here, but decided it was a good idea to get some advice.

I was walking to the shops today and about 100yrds away was this dog, not sure of breed, anyhow at first I had a bit of a laugh, it saw me and ran with its tail between its legs, I thought geez I ain't that scarey surely, but then it stopped and barked like crazy at me ( i was on the other side of the road) and started making this strange noise, hard to explain, like huffing and puffing, I sure did not like the sound of it or the different stance it was taking.

To be honest I felt afraid for the first time in my life, I feel it was getting ready to attack me, I decided to turn back and walk the other way, this did turn out to be the right thing, as it just went on its merry way.

Tell me what is the best thing to do in this situation, imagine if it were children going past, this doggie should have been in a fenced property and not wandering the streets anyhow.

I must admit all the media hype about pitt bull dog attacks have scared me, as this doggie was a cross i think, it did influence how safe i felt at that particular moment, its unfortunate that all the bad attacks in NZ have been from this breed.