I started to reply to all of the individual comments and after consideration I decided to thank Contact Combat because he truly was a one in a million dog and to this day his ashes are in an urn on my shelf because I can't bear to let him go.  Beyond that, I will say that this dog turned 9yrs old today.  He is the biggest marshmallow you will ever meet with his puppies, with kids, etc.  He will also kill you if he thinks you are threatening me.  He has placed in different working events more than once.  He is the only CC that I know of that spit the sleeve out in trial to bite the decoy rather than taking the prize back to mama (oops, I asked them not to slip the sleeve until I could pick up the leash).  There are a few videos on youtube and other places of him working.  I don't know how to link them here.  He is socialized to the point that I take him with me everywhere as a legitimate service dog.  With all of that said, there is NOTHING that you will do to him during his attempts to protect me to make him back off.  He will NOT run.  Best of luck to all of you in the path you choose in socializing your dog or not.  Jennifer