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And I'll tell you something else...if you're out in public walking multiple powerful dogs, and you have to prevent children from running up because you're afraid your dog is going to bite them..you're a huge part of the problem, and you're on borrowed time until somebody gets hurt.
Exactly - good point.
I've been in that situation, with one of my old aussies who didn't like children. Parents would let them come running up to us and I'd step in front of her and hold my hand out and say STOP. Then I'd tell them how to approach a dog, always to ask first and I'd let them pet my other dog, who was friendly. But if they had been both big powerful reactive dogs under poor control? What then?