> Well, hello? If my dog did or reacted to any of those, I would heavily restrict the places I thought it was suitable to take it. It's entirely on the owner if

> Well, hello? If my dog did or reacted to any of those, I would heavily restrict the places I thought it was suitable to take it. It's entirely on the owner if those behaviours result, anyway - presuming the dog doesn't have an advanced illness affecting continence. Once again, it's on the owner or handler to judge appropriately. > If there is a parent obviously uncomfortable with the large puppy, well I keep the dog away from those folks. It's not compulsory for everyone to like animals or dogs, or to come over and pat it. That's you. Lots of people I meet (for example in my building's elevator) think it's completely acceptable to keep the dog on a long leash, have it jump strangers and have a laugh about it. Just the other day a neighbor's dog charged at me out of the blue, with its ears pulled back. I saw it when I turned around, the dog surprised me and the owner was just looking at the whole thing. Luckily the dog was leashed. He also thought it was funny, because <quote> "he never does that! You must be nervous or something" and just brushed it off. You sound responsible. A lot of people with dogs are not. We move with a speed matching the slowest of us. I would like to drive my car really fast. I got my drivers license in a country with standards way higher than the US. My car is well maintained, I never consume drugs or alcohol, never drove tired and never use my cellphone, I am 100% focused on my driving and drove hundreds of thousands of kilometers on three continents. But Jimmy likes to shave in the car on the way to work in the morning and hit a construction crew so now the speed limit is 45 MPH. Get it?