Trust me, that’s an unnerving experience for people of all sizes. Always stand your ground though, and loudly shout “NO!”. Dogs generally won’t attack a full-grown human unless they’re trained attack dogs, or if the person runs. When you run it activates the dog’s prey drive, and then all bets are off. When you stand your ground, they second guess themselves. We appear to be twice as large as dogs from the dog’s perspective, because we stand on two legs. So even if it’s a dog that outweighs you, it’ll perceive you as larger as long as you don’t run.
Trust me, that’s an unnerving experience for people of all sizes. Always stand your ground though, and loudly shout “NO!”. Dogs generally won’t attack a full-grown human unless they’re trained attack dogs, or if the person runs. When you run it activates the dog’s prey drive, and then all bets are off. When you stand your ground, they second guess themselves. We appear to be twice as large as dogs from the dog’s perspective, because we stand on two legs. So even if it’s a dog that outweighs you, it’ll perceive you as larger as long as you don’t run.