Kyle Richards Claims Woman Was Dragging Dog Before Heated Confrontation, on Video

Kyle Richards says there’s more to her dramatic confrontation with a woman on the street … ’cause Kyle claims she only went after her because she was dragging her dog across the street — something cameras didn’t quite capture.

We caught up with the reality television star outside the Beverly Hilton Hotel Monday night … and, we had to ask her about her intense argument with a dog walker earlier this month.

ICYMI … photogs caught Kyle running up to a woman and getting in her face about the way she was treating her dogs — which set the woman off and nearly led to a full-on fistfight.

Richards tells us cameras picked up too late to catch the reason she confronted this unidentified woman … claiming she was totally dragging her dog across the crosswalk.

Kyle — who was with Teddi Mellencamp at the time — says she went over to tell her to knock it off … and only started recording her when she claims she feared the woman might get physical with her.