I have a rottweiler/blue heeler. Nicest dog I know. He's an indoor dog, and lives with me and 5 other roommates so he's almost always getting attention. He can get rather defensive with strangers, or protective over girls, but the worst I've seen him do is stand and bark at somebody from five feet away.
One time I was sitting on my porch with him, and the mailman came up. My dog got in his defensive bark at the top of the steps, and the mailman (old and disgruntled) almost looked like he was gonna have a heart attack and whipped out a container of mace and started screaming "I'll spray him!! I'll spray him!!"
I understand what he might go through everyday, and know it's not really either of ours faults. But, I would've been extremely angry if he maced my pup, especially with me watching, and I probably would've done something even worse to him after that. Which wouldn't have been good at all. I thought I had a point, but apparently I didn't.
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