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Originally Posted by Mickey_
If you feel threatened you do what you have to do to protect yourself while trying to inflict the least amount of damage on your attacker (in an ideal case anyhow). To me it seems like that is what she did if the dog acted in a threatening way. She did not shoot the dog, she kicked it.
By the way, like L-Pink pointed out, the "average person" should be able to make the call whether the dog is attacking or not. If it's hard to tell or there is no time to size up the situation, then I'd fault the owner of the dog, since the dog wasn't on a leash. 
(ps. I'm not talking about who's legally at fault, just the common sense view of a situation like this) |
I walk / run / and bike the local trail here in my town on a daily basis. Every day I come across dogs off leash. Sometimes I have my dog with me - on a leash of course - and some times dogs like to mix it up. Never in my entire life have I felt "threatened" by a dog. In the event two of them get into a fight on the trail or a dog park, you step in and break it up. Still no need to kick a dog.
It just seems to me like the worse possible thing you can do. You kick a dog it will most likely try to bite you.