Growing up there was a house about a quarter of a mile down the street that had a dog that would chase you if you, walked, jog or rode by on your bike. Most of the time it was chained up so as you went by it would growl, bark and pull at the chain, but every now and then it would be loose. Luckily, it was never loose when I walked by, but was a couple of times when I was on my bike and it was pretty clear to see that the dog had bad intentions. It was clearly angry. On my bike I was able to outrun it. Had I been on foot I would have kicked it if he was running full speed at me snarling and growling.

Now, all that said. If a dog just jugs up to me or doesn't seem aggressive I would never consider kicking it.

Women are very mean creatures, not nourishing like many like to say.

So what you're really trying to say is, it was was "bad dog" ?

You senile fuck :1orglaugh

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).

I agree completely. In fact I have kicked a dog in the head when it was attacking my dog at the time, it had my dog around the throat, so I kicked it in the head, then ribs and it ran off.

i can picture that shit! :1orglaugh:1orglaugh:1orglaugh:1orglaugh :thumbsup:thumbsup

orchard in the house

That doesn't surprise me, but your actions and someone elses actions are still separate actions. Or like I said, in non-fucked up legal systems. I don't know, maybe you have enough fucked up legal system for that, but I doubt that. However it is worldwide joke (seriously), so who knows.

Don't know about your obese and uneducated police state, but here in Russia most people against of the animal control in a way as you understand it. Nobody wants to kill animals. Course everything depends on regions. For example in Moscow, they catch dogs, sterilize them and release. This considered as a rather humane way of animal control.

Tad off-topic, but I just noticed that when it comes to the free press: US is in position 32 (has improved significantly) and Russia is at position 148. Look whose country is on the top. :)

Press Freedom Index 2013 - Reporters Without Borders

You gotta know your dog, if it needs a leash, it needs a fucking leash, if not not.

I've always had dogs and some used to run towards people, I knew they didn't intend to harm them but people never know the dog's intentions. It's understandable that people react violently.

NOT illegal... nearly every state has a leash law..

The only reason to ever kick a dog - or any other animal - is in a real self-defense situation (or defense of another).

It's usually pretty easy to tell if a dog is approaching you with the intent to attack or not. They give off all sorts of body language signals.