Hades/PS/R-evans. I understand your points of view, but how can you guarantee that a dog will treat a stranger in the same way when its off the leash (assuming said stranger is acting normal/passively)?
I am walking with my twin 2 year olds and 7 year old and a couple of dogs come running towards them, my kids freak out and start to hide behind me, they are not used to animals in such close proximity (we are not a pet family).
How do I know these dogs will not treat my kids any differently to say your Alsatians, Hades?
I understand your comments that they are lovely dogs and wouldnt harm a hair on you as you mentioned, but we wouldnt know this if we were walking towards your dogs. And stating that the dogs will not harm anyone to us, doesnt make it "gospel".
This is not a jibe at the responsibility or irresponsibility of dog owners, but vouching for an animal (who despite being taken care of and bred in the right way during their lifetime), is still an animal and as such can potentially act unpredictably at any given time and under certain situations which maybe inexplicable to human beings.
I do not condone any violence towards animals at all, but I do have to say that if my childrens lives are in danger, I will do what I must to protect them, be it a dog, human being or whatever.