Running in the Rockies

Late AM: 5 miles on trails with pups.  Avg heart rate: 152, Max heart rate: 171. Avg elevation: 8,500', 820' gain/loss. Rather warm for a run..somewhere in the 80's. B and L pup were hirrible. They took after a man that we see fairly commonly with a huge german shepherd whom he always has on a leash because apparently he is not a friendly dog. They were maybe 10 yards ahead of me and flew like the wind towards him barking and wagging their tails.. they were more than mildly obnoxious and I was calling at the top of my lungs for them to come back. Yah.. they didn't even look my way. I ran up to them (they were at the top of a hill- so I wasn't exactly quick) and they finally came back to me. The man didn't seem too upset, I think he would just worried that there would be a fight. His dog could have easily eaten B and L pup if they had gotten much closer.. maybe would have been good for them to get the smack laid down. The guy also had a younger looking smaller black dog- probably a pit bull mix. He said it was only 1.5 yrs old and he had found it tied to a tree in the middle of the national forest so he rescued it a few weeks ago.  (What kind of people do these things- terrible and shameful! Makes me SO angry). I am so glad the guy rescued him. After I had my pups back on leash, his dogs looked like they wanted to play.. go figure.

 Anyways, I obviously felt horrible about my dogs behaviors and probably sound like a broken record. They are just NOT trustworthy with free roam. I know they probably wouldn't hurt a fly, but they refuse to come back when called. This is just unacceptable. Until I can get them into some classes, it looks like leashes for them (my poor arms).