Mickey doesn't really get bad reactions from other people. If they don't like dogs, they'll just move to one side of the sidewalk so we can pass or walk a little faster by us. If they do come up and pet Mickey they'll usually look at him and then at me, I guess looking for some approval to pet my dog, lol. Mickey is really great with strangers (usually) so I'm not worried to let someone pet him. Sometimes he will bark and the people will just sort of laugh and back off. But nothing like you said, of picking up their dogs or anything like that.