That is a funny explanation of "avoiding"
Apparently you have less mean dogs on your route than I did. (I sometimes carried 2 or 3 REAL rocks). I'm also confused by what good would bashing them in the head with those little cute DIADS you carry now would do. DIAD 2 was about the last good dog basher we carried with DIAD 1 being the ultimate. Do you deliver in the rich neighborhoods where the meanest dog you would encounter would be one of those "purse" dogs?
I'm just jerking your chain -- have a great day