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Originally Posted by Rochard
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.
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I think one of the reasons you're perplexed by her behavior is the fact that you're trying to analyze what happened as if it were you, as if you were her in that situation. But that's not the case.
You're a man, she's a woman. You're an ex-marine, she's not (assumption). Neighborhood dogs may perceive you as more dominant (and react/behave/approach accordingly), while they react differently to her. She has a period every month (assumption), you don't. How afraid are you of dogs in general and how about her? If she's more afraid, she's giving off a scent that dogs can smell. How about body language? There's a mile long list of other factors that affect a dog's behavior towards a person (including what you mentioned about how you behave when dogs approach you).