It's the half trained dogs that are the worst on my commute.
The untrained ones are happy running along the verge, across the path etc out of my way, the well trained ones stop still off the path or return to their owner.
It's the other ones, running along the path
Owner: Fido Fido
Fido: Ooh, my mum is calling me, that means i must do something, i'm not sure what, i better stop where I am
Owner: fido fido
Fido: I don't know what she wants me to do, I'll just stop here, sideways across the path and look at her until I work it out
Nine times out of ten the dogs would ignore me if the owners weren't trying to get them to do something. It's nice that most people I meet care enough that they don't want their dogs to get in my way, but more often than not they make it worse.
At least it's getting light again now for commutes, the danger from dog walking ninjas is gone