[Amagi]

At the time of the incident on that particular stretch of the road on which I was jogging there were no houses in sight, no obvious territory to protect.
There were some periodic gravel roads, possibly leading off in the distance to some unseen homesteads.
I knew that if I tried to jog away it would incite the cur to the chase, and I reckoned he was likely faster than me.

[Altariel]

Very likely he considers all of his master’s acreage to be under his protection, as it would seem that his master owned some land and the dog stayed on what would appear to be its property as opposed to roaming.