Coming home from the woods with my horse at the top of Pike Hill a German Shepherd appeared from nowhere on the other side of a garden fence on the left of us, growling and barking for all he was worth. To say Red spooked is a massive understatement. He turned on his heels and bolted full pelt, back down the hill round a bend on the wrong side of the road. It was a good minute or two before I regained control of him, but in that time and going down hill, we had almost reached the bottom. Needless to say if a car had been coming up neither us, or the driver would have stood a chance.

Its the first time he's done that in his life, he's 17 and I've owned him since he was 18 months old.
Its no excuse to say 'he's never done that before' all animals are unpredictable.

The owners of the dog? Oh they witnessed the whole event, they were standing in the garden and didnt even call the dog back when we reached the top the second time, this time on the grass verge on the other side of the road.