Agreed, but...I will say, I had a close encounter with one that burned into my memory.
My sister was a hippie, and came home one time in a car with some other hippies and they had a Great Dane in the back seat with them (which I didn’t know)
I walked over to the car they were sitting in and stuck my head in the window to say hello, and my field of view was filled immediately with a gaping mouth lunging towards my face.
I must have startled the dog when I stuck my head in, and must managed to pull back and heard the snap of the jaws missing my face.
Holy crap. What sticks out in my mind, and that was over forty years ago, was the look of the inside of that Great Dane’s mouth. It was odd, mottled pink, white, and I think black, with weird looking ribs going side to side on the roof of the dog’s mouth.
There was something strange and alien about that, and I have often wondered how different my life would have been had I not reflexively jerked my head away.
Even then, I didn’t blame the dog, but I was pretty pissed at my sister, because she didn’t warn me or something.
That’s a great story, well told!
And yes, experiences like that knock you’re whole world around and it stays that way.
ROFLMAOPIMP !!!
Decades ago My first wife and I had a full blood Doberman Male that was raised on a Bottle from 2 days old. We couldn’t lock the car at the time so Fats Domino was trained to WATCH the car on Command.
One night the extended Family was at a Mexican Restaurant and the Margaritas were flowing heavy. We all come out from Dinner and one of the Cousins who was, shall we say not too bright to begin with sees Fats in the car and walks over to pet Him and Fats went into Guard Mode !! I told Him not to get to close. He already knew what Fats Job was but kept on going even after being warned at the time.
Well He sticks his face in the window and Fats bit one hole in his Lower Lip ! Cuz pulls his head back and screams “ He BIT ME !!!”
I shook My Head as I said “You knew way before now and were warned just now so don’t blame Fats for doing what He was Trained to do so I’ve got no sympathy for You and You’re lucky it was just a Warning bite”
The next day Cuz was asking why his lip was swollen and had the hole in it ?
“Stupid is as stupid does” < /Forrest Gump voice >