feral dogs
If you are hiking in Syria, be careful when encountering the semi-feral shepherd dogs. Obviously I don`t mean the rather cute puppies in the picture but the grown-ups. They are really aggressive and there is not always someone at hand supervising them. Once I drove with a taxi slowly past a flock of sheep, and all of a sudden 4-5 dogs where running after our car, barking hysterically and fletching their teeth and following us for some time. Try to avoid sheep or goat herds or isolated settlements, as watchdogs are likely to be here. And improve on your stone-throwing skills, it works as a deterrent.
