I'm glad she ended up being okay. He might have spanked her because he was so scared himself(men will just say angry because they don't get scared
). But my son's godmother had to do it once before to my son (She never yells or spanks) but they went to the post office and he tried to take off because he thought it was funny. She is kind of heavy set and he was only 2 at the time, but he never did it again because that's how he found out she was serious. I don't believe in spanking all the time, but if it's over something like this situation I'd rather see a spanking than a fatality. If you only do it when it's a serious situation, that's how they know you're serious. Again, I'm glad she's okay. Have you tried teaching her the "Come" command?