dealing with anger

while our manager Roger was walking China yesterday,
the neighbor's 2 labs attacked her.(electric fence turned off)

as i ran out hearing the commotion, he was holding 1 of the dogs,
while the other was circling for another attack.
I chased the other away with a shove of my foot.

My first words were, "you are responsible for this".
instead of admitting it and expressing remorse,
the neighbor criticized my action of protecting my dog.

the arrogance of that just set me off;
since this was the FOURTH attack on my LEASHED pet,
in the area, I was unable to control my anger.

his response reminded me of my cocky, arrogant,
former drunken behavior.

just another example of what we encounter in a small town.