Lady and at least 4 dogs

Some people are so inconsiderate. I have high tolerance for people I come across. Yesterday hubby and I took the dogs out for a hike. Delilah we trust off the leash, but I'm always ready to call her and pick her up or leash her if we come across people on trails. Scout, we keep on the leash at all times on hikes because we don't trust him yet.

Anyway, we went to a trail head and there was one car in the parking lot, so I knew there was someone on the trail. I heard the woman and her dogs nearby so I picked up Delilah and just then, 2 large dogs come charging out of the brush and come up to us...fine, okay. They appear friendly. Delilah is in my arms just chilling. One of the large dogs is a lab-looking dog, and one looks like a pitt bull. Then there were at least 2 other dogs...a terrier-type and a very large pom or small chow or something like that. There really could have been more as all the dogs were moving so fast I couldn't keep up with them...plus I was trying to keep our dogs safe. I say that because Jeremy had Scout on leash and the two larger dogs (Scout is a Cocker Spaniel) were all over him sniffing and barking in his face. I told Jeremy to pick Scout up, but with two large dogs swarming around him, he couldn't bend down far enough to pick Scout up without knocking heads with another dog. This goes on for at least 15 seconds and the owner is still out of sight, though she is calling her dogs...who aren't coming BTW. The situation escalates when Scout starts getting aggravated at these large dogs all up in his business barking in his face...so he starts barking as well. That further aggravates the large dogs who start growling and snarling at Scout, who in turn growls back. Jeremy is getting flustered, and I'm too busy holding Delilah to help Jeremy. Finally Jeremy is able to pick up Scout but the larger dogs are big enough they can jump up onto Jeremy and reach Scout who is snarling and barking and growling at these dogs who won't leave him alone. Both Jeremy and Scout are getting slobbered on and the lady calmly walks out from the trail talking on her phone, calmly calling her dogs who are NOT letting up and she simply looks at us and says, "Sorry...it can be intimidating." HAAAAA! Ya think!!!???

Holy Sh*t! If that were me, I'd have run to catch my dogs if they were swarming other people growling and snarling like that. Frick, Lady! Get control over your animals! Jeremy later told me he had half a mind to kick them out of his way, but didn't know if that would make the dogs bite or not. Holy Crap! We didn't know what the dogs were gonna do, and here's this lady, not worried about her animals jumping on, slobbering all over, snarling at, and barking uncontrollably at strangers and other dogs. Then she gives only a monotone...nonchalant "sorry...it can be intimidating." If I had been in her shoes...which I would never be because I keep my dogs under control...but If I had been her, I would have run towards the situation and pulled my dogs away and apologized profusely for at least a minute.

Seriously Lady? Where's the common sense and courtesy towards others. I'm just so glad no one got hurt. I'm pissed that the situation happened to begin with, but I'm happy that no one got bit. Poor Scout was so agitated for several minutes after that. He kept looking at the trail behind us and his hackles didn't lay flat for several minutes. Poor dog was probably thinking something along the lines of, "WTF just happened?!?!?!"

Crazy Lady.