That’s reasonable. If a dog actually latched onto me or attempted to do so, we’d have a problem.
I live out in the country, and a couple of years ago, I was doing some trimming along the fence line when a dachshund ran by me, obviously just about worn out in the heat. A few minutes later, a pretty blonde lady in a minivan came by and indicated she was trying to catch the dog. I put down my trimmer and went into the brush. A few minutes later I came out carrying an uninjured dachshund. It had rolled onto its back and bit my left hand, so I stuck my bare right hand in its mouth to keep it occupied, and got it by the nape of the neck with my left. After we loaded the dog into the van, and the lady went on her way, I went back to my trimming. I hope the poor pup didn’t get sick from biting me.
Obviously I couldn’t have done that with a big dog like a GR, but a big dog wouldn’t have gone on its back that way.
They stopped and asked if we had seen them. I asked them what kind of dog and they said "pit bull".
We told them where the routes were through community fencing and they went on their way.
I went in doors and called animal control.
Well, apparently the people found their dogs before the cops did so they still had them a few weeks later when they were out walking them.
Then one day I noticed they only had one dog to walk and he had on a muzzle.
More recently we came home one evening and that dog was there waiting for us and he tried to get in our car to get at a baked chicken we'd just picked up.
I haven't seen them out walking their dog for a couple of months now.
Those were such lovely dogs ~ just loved to run away and do dog stuff ~ and now they're gone. Funny, I don't miss them at all!