The lady may have recently touched something that your dog did not like the smell of, or that reminded the dog of an unpleasant experience. But also, dogs can sense people's feelings, and although the lady was reaching out towards the dog, she may have been feeling something different.
Thorntown is a town in Sugar Creek Township, Boone County, Indiana, United States. The population was 1,520 at the 2000 census. Thorntown is located in northwestern Boone City, about halfway between Lafayette and Indianapolis. Thorntown is located at 40Â°7â²44â³N 86Â°36â²32â³W / 40.12889Â°N 86.60889Â°W / 40.12889; -86.60889 (40.128757, -86.608762). According to the United States Census Bureau, the town has a total area of 0.6 square miles (1.5 kmÂ²), all of it land.
Southwest is bounded by the Baltimore County line of 1919 to the west, West Baltimore Street to the north, and the downtown area/Martin Luther King Boulevard and Russell Street/Baltimore-Washington Parkway (Maryland Route 295) to the east. Neighborhoods close to the inner city is  Pigtown , and Carrolton Ridge.