speaking of alsatians, sam has met a few of them and not enjoyed it much. there were a few at the rescue centre, one a few kennels down which barked furiously whenever anyone walked past and was "not for rehoming", and another mad barker at the other side of an endless, flimsy fence.
then there are the two alsatians down the road. we met them with their owner early on at one of the nice green spaces where dogs can run. i had a nice chat with him until suddenly one of the dogs started... guess what... indeed, barking furiously, and we had to part ways rather hastily.
a few days later, we met them at the same place, but this time, the alsatians were lose. the aggressive one ignored its owners commands to come back and tore towards us. i'd recently read dog books about not getting involved in dog fights, so let go of the leash and let sam fly as best he could. the other dog caught up with him and sam yelped, but luckily, that was it. sam didn't seem overly damaged physically, and he can be a bit loud when something is disagreeable to him. however, his submissive attitude to other dogs seemed more like fear from that day on.
today, we met the owner again, sans alsatians, which meant i hardly recognised him. he held his hand out to sam, and this usually fairly friendly dog sniffed it carefully. "still timid, eh?" said the owner. i didn't mention my theory that the smell on his hands might have something to do with it...
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