I hate when people let their off leash dogs run up to my leashed dogs (we only walk in leash required areas). They always yell "they're friendly" And I have to yell back "mine arent". A suprising number of people still just mosey over slowly half-heartedly calling their dog while lm actively backing up and restraining my growling dog. One of my dogs is a rescue and she will fight anything if it charges her, a dog, a bike, a horse - she does not care.

Some people should not be allowed to have a dog.

That's weird, she usually only bites me.

Was that a child's leg that just fell out of her mouth?

I thought it was pink lipstick

I've found that having a "nervous, do not pet" vest has helped. Thankfully, it seems to have worked well so far.

I'd be fine if they were just regulated the same way, say, wolves are.

Agreed. Forced sterilization should be the law.

I can understand people being scared of big dogs.

It wasn’t until after I realised that non-dog people would have shit themselves and shown fear. Which could have triggered the dog to attack.

So that's a well founded fear; no? IMO if your pet, regardless what it is, requires other people to know how to act to avoid being possibly mauled; it has absolutely no business being in public.

My badish encounter with my friend's giant pit basically went the same. The second my hand was in his mouth he realized he fucked up and was my best friend after.

In his defense, my roommate's cat had just started spraying on everything.

That sounds like an awful way to live with a large dog.

A dog is a tamed wolf, imagine trying to fight one to death with nothing but your fists.