A friend of my wife’s came to visit. Her boyfriend brought two poorly trained or untrained Rottweilers. They seemed nice, not vicious, but they are extremely large dogs. At the time my youngest girl was about 10 years old. I excused myself, got my .357 snob nose out of the gun safe, put it in my pocket, and rejoined them. Better safe than sorry around large dogs.
That’s why it always shoots high...
I’ve never had a small dog-or one that isn’t on that stupid “bad dog” list-I prefer large breeds that can join in hikes in the woods on their leash and harness and be protective when indoors-I have never taken my dog on a visit with me-they stay home-I think it is rude to subject others to your animals-or children, for that matter-uninvited. If your kid acts out, you may lose a friend-if your dog acts out it could be a disaster. No dog, large or small is safe with the small kids of strangers or a friend their owner does not see often.
A neighbor’s Yorkie got under the gate on the property once when I was outside throwing a ball for my Husky girl to run after and fetch-the minute she saw the little dog, she decided it was prey-went after it full throttle, grabbed it by the back of the neck and started shaking it-fortunately it was a cold day-so all she got was a mouthful of purple sweater-but I had to grab Husky girl’s collar and yell “leave it” several times before she let the dog go-it ran screeching all the way to its own place.