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The fact that she was bitten suggests that likely:

1) The dog was stressed and/or 2) The woman reached for the dog's tags/collar and the dog reacted to correct what it perceived as a threat reaching for its jugular.

In any case, the woman was sufficiently *not* afraid of the dog to be willing to follow it and make sure that both it and others were safe.

Unfortunately, the agents of the state lacked her goodwill.

[Altariel]

"Pitbull" (Known to anyone with an IQ above room temperature as a "Shar pei".)

[Altariel]

Clearly, a vicious dobe in Shar Pei clothing. (Getting stealthy, those dobes are).