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2nd edit: SHE WAS FOUND!!!!! Thanks to everyone for the tips and advice. I appreciate the words of encouragement and also the reminders that dogs need to be leashed, which I strongly agree with.

Also, just a heads-up for anyone else hiking with dogs: it seems these deer are being especially territorial now that there are fawns around. Keep your pups leashed and stick to the trail.

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Hello, my partner lost his dog, Max, almost two hours ago on this trail. A deer chased her off, and he’s still out there looking for her. Does anyone have advice on what we can do? Numbers to call? I’m so worried she might have been injured.

1st edit: I don’t know how to post photos. She’s 28lbs, mostly white and black spotted border collie-mix. She’s friendly to people and is wearing her collar with contact info.

Before anyone claims I'm not sympathetic to the running community, I want to preface this by saying I've been running since I was 9, ran competitively in college at a D1 university, and still train to race as a now early-30-something. I love to run! It's a huge part of who I am.

With that out of the way, I also love riding my bike to work. I start at 8, so the roads through the Inner Richmond and GGP are usually pretty quiet, which I appreciate. But this past week, I've had multiple encounters with runners occupying the entire bike lane, even when the sidewalk next to them is completely empty.

I get it! Asphalt is easier on the joints, and I'm not here to tell anyone where they can and can't run. What I am asking for is some basic situational awareness. When I ring my bell to signal I'm coming through, I shouldn't be getting dirty looks. I know you're locked into your tempo run. I know sub-7:30 pace feels incredible. But I'm also just trying to get to work, and the bike lane exists so we're not all fighting over the same space.

The stretch in front of the De Young is where it's gotten genuinely dangerous. A few days ago, a driver and I were simultaneously trying to navigate around runners (one in the bike lane, two more in the road and one had a dog), and it took some patience from both of us to avoid something bad happening. It was a situation where someone could have gotten hurt.

I know it's easy to frame road safety as a cars vs. cyclists issue or cyclists vs. pedestrians, or whatever. But it's really just everyone's responsibility, runners included. We share these streets, and all it takes is some awareness of what's happening around you.