Originally posted by Miss Meow
I've never had success with telling people that their dogs are a risk to society, they should train their dogs etc; they tend to get defensive and ignore the feedback anyway. So we take it upon ourselves to take appropriate action with our dogs - can't change others but we can manage the situation.
Excellent points Nicole! I think they only thing you really can do is know as best you can how your dog will react in any situation and be ready to step in if they surprise you.

We are lucky in that even though are dogs are big and play rough, they seem to understand about smaller dogs too. Our next door neighbor had an elderly long hair doxie ( now at the bridge) that Sadie would just lay down and snuggle with in the front yard, even when she was just a puppy herself. At the same time, I know if a dog is jumping and barking at a fence while we are walking, Sadie is going to be protective and try to go at that dog. I start telling her to leave it before we get the yard, keep tallking her to as we go by and keep all 3 focused on moving ahead.