You should be wearing some kind for riding boot that covers half of your calf, if only to protect your leg from the random airborne rocks and stones. Chances are a dog will try to bite your ankles, so boots are your first line of defense.
When dogs come tearing up to me, barking, foaming at the mouth and teeth flashing for soft flesh...I bend my knee like I fixin' to kick. Sadly most street dogs have been kicked, so they know the what a raised foot means. I don't go out of my way to hurt an animal. Raising my foot usually does the trick. In Uyuni, Bolivia, a feisty dog got really close by the time I noticed. Contact was made with the bottom of my foot and his snout. The blow was not serve by any means, but sufficient for the dog to quickly give up.
Weaving in your lane will sometimes confuse a dog...
What you really have to watch out for are loose pigs. The appear to be deaf, oblivious to even a loud horn or they have a death wish. They are driven by a single focus, the next bite of food. If they sense that its across the street, then that is were they point their round and hairy bodies. With no regard to you or your motorcycle.
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Peter B
2008/09 - NJ to Costa Rica and back to NJ
2012/13 - NJ to Northern Argentina, Jamaica, Cuba and back to NJ
2023 - Peru, Brazil, Paraguay, Argentina, Chile, Bolivia...back to Peru.
Blogs: Peter's Ride
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