“Patting” a strange dog on the head is dominance behavior in dog body language.
You should *always* pet a strange dog -under- the jaw while maintaining a -parallel- body position to it.
It’s non-threatening/non-challenging physical communication with the dog.
[the *best* scenario is to not stare at a strange dog and wait for it to make a friendly overture, first]
His human was an idiot.
I’m very sorry you got bit.
Most Dobermanns are smarter than their owners.
:)
What do you do if a strange dogs runs up, barking or growling, at you?