Redsand Canyon if you're shaking from head to toe

He struck like lightning at her shoulder, teeth scything like razors. Fuck, she thought, he was like a striking snake just as much as she, if not better. 
As his muzzle met her shoulder, she took the flashing glimpse of opportunity, like a viper - to snatch his scruff in her jaws, rearing on her hind legs with his neck in tow before using her paws on his shoulders to shove him backward, aiming to make him sprawl across the ground.
Whether he did or not wasn't up to her, but as she shoved him backward she staggered back on all fours and took in every second she could to brace for his next move.