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D Brandon from Garden City, Mo on 8/20/2012 11:24:06 AM:
On 8/18 just a couple of miles east of New Franklin (by the old brick silo) my wife and I came upon a person walking there 2 dogs that were not on a leash. The dog owner had no control of the dogs. One of the dogs was snapping at my ankle. I was lucky enough to finally out run the dog. I'm hoping the irresponsible dog owner reads this, and invests in leashes before someone gets hurt.

 
DSD on 8/20/2012 3:18:35 PM:
This is pretty common on the trail away from larger towns. Carrying ammonia or pepper spray or just squirting water usually does the trick with the dogs.

 
skip from hannibal on 8/21/2012 6:20:40 PM:
Wasp & Hornet spray is MUCH more effective...and it will spray up to 25 ft. It will definitely stop the meanest pitbull.

 
mumbler from central Misery on 8/25/2012 12:24:20 AM:
D Brandon, the MKT started in 1870. Generations of people owned adjacent land, and at that time only had to live with loud railroad noises.

In 1990, the KT trail was opened to bike/hike/horse riding, with several unhappy adjacent landowners. For over a hundred years, they considered the rail land "family land", yet it was not at all.

A local dog-walker is not likely to be reading this, and could easily be disgruntled about you/me/us riding through "Grandpa's Land".

Thanks for the tip, however! I ride through there, I will keep an eye out.