Damn yall, i had a hell of a scare on my walk just now.  I had just turned onto one of our trails and saw 3 large dogs, all black.  From that distance, i could only see that one of them was a german shepherd, the others maybe rottweillers, but not sure.  They started coming toward me, so i fired a shot in their direction. 2 of them veered off, but the german sheperd kept coming at me.  I started yelling loudly and it finally turned away too.  Luckily Daisy had wandered into the woods before this encounter, so they didnt see her. I tried calling my husband in case they tried to follow me (i was a long way from the house), and my damned phone would not connect!  I couldnt believe it!  Anyway, no harm done, just got scared as shit.  ALWAYS CARRY A GUN, YOU MIGHT NEED IT WHEN YOU LEAST EXPECT IT, AND YOUR PHONE MAY NOT WORK WHEN YOU NEED IT THE MOST.