When I was about 8 years old or so, a friend and I were cutting through peoples yards to save time on getting back to his house. Well, lo and behold, we pulled a SANDLOT and landed in the wrong yard. This huge dog tore out of a doghouse and started chasing me while ignoring my buddy.
I ran as fast as I could toward a chain link fence without looking back. But man, I could hear his paws hitting the ground as he closed in. To this day I don't know how I did it, but I cleared that fence in one motion. As I landed on the other side I turned to look through that chain link fence just in time to see that huge dog run full speed into the fence. The fence actually bulged in my direction from the force of the impact. He tried to jump the fence but he couldn't get over it. Too much in shock, all I could do was stand there and watch that dog try to force his way through that fence. That was 31 years ago and I remember like it was yesterday.
But I tell you one thing, after that I stayed on the sidewalk!