Let's talk about dogs, ITT.

Just had a fresh encounter while coming down a 10 mile Mt. pass. As I was about a mile or so away from where I parked my car, at the end of the hike, this big black dog charged up the trail at me. It didn't stop and start barking like some dogs will do, it just charge right at me, stood up and started barking in my face. Dog's mouth was full of foam, and I had no idea whether it was rabid or just chewing on shit all day. It seemed odd though for anybody to start walking up this trail at 3:00PM however, that's pretty late in the day.

Anyway, as soon as I put my arm up to the dog's neck to back it away from me, the fucker grabbed onto me and started trying to jerk me left and right. I instinctively reached for my glock 17 and tried to aim at it's chest. I was exhausted, and as soon as I got a clear shot and was about to pull the trigger, I saw it's owners about a half mile away casually jogging around the pass to us.

So I just awkwardly stood there, with this dog biting my arm, tearing up my sleeve, until it's owners could catch up to it. Every other dog I had encountered was fine, friendly, happy, alongside their owner, except this cunt.

As soon as the jogging couple finally got to me, they chuckled, "Haha, sorry about that, cmon Bucky" or whatever that dumbass cunt dogs name was, meanwhile my arm was thrashed and sleeve ripped to shit, and they went on their way, not even realizing that I almost shot the fucker.

I realize it's unrealistic to leash a dog when you're jogging/cycling a trail, but letting your dog approach strangers half a mile away from you is a disaster.

>My questions to /out/
-What do *you* do when you encounter hostile dogs in these situations?
-Is there any dog armguard equipment you can buy to protect against bites?
-Do you carry? Would you have drawn on a unknown dog that had no master in site?
-Did I overreact or underreact to this situation?
-What should I do in the future?