Thank you very much for your reply, it calmed me down.
Today we rode with a street cars again (no dogs in sight, no problems), but at the park, for my surprise, he sniffed and wanted to play with two other dogs that were already there together. He was extremely friendly. The ladies said I could off leash him, because he wanted to play (I didn't). When told to came, he sat before me, waging his tail. One of the ladies said he is cute, good, etc. Their dogs were middle sized.
Other dogs he growled or barked and lunged (I controlled him), other he ignored.
Is a growl a kind of a greeting?
The dog at the bus looked like a beagle, was small enough to lay under the seat.
In a similar occurence, I posted in General: "Scared: was it a play or a fight?"
He is my very first dog, I have him for only one month now; the former owners never bothered to give him any socialization when pup, or after that.
Thank you very much for answer.
Rosana
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Rex (German Shepherd, 3y)
Yes, always the small ones challenge him (or other big ones), and mostly don't obey their owners, etc. Sometimes their owners find it is cute their little babies challenging the "big beasts".
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