[quote="new2neos Say you are a small framed female (or male). And you are walking in your neighborhood with your very good-natured/sweet/NON aggressive "small fluffy Toy Breed dog". Now, let's say you come across an aggressive dog, who is off-leash (I HATE these owners, ugh!!). What are you supposed to do, in order to protect both your dog AND yourself??? Let's say the "other dog" is a BIG one, and is a breed known to have a harsh temperment (Pitbull, or American Bulldog, or Cane Corso, or whatever). What are you supposed to do (provided you cannot carry a gun outside your property -- which would make it easy, because then you can just shoot it!). Pam[/quote] Your characterization of the pit bull, american bulldog and cane corso having a harsh temperment is wrong. That being said, most of these dogs that you mention do not even bother with small dogs. If you are a small female or male walking your toy breed the guardian breeds won't even bother you. They don't see your dog as a challenge. Therefore, they don't even bother with toy breeds. It is usually the other way around to be honest. If I'm walking my pit bull it is the poodles and chihuhua's barking and jumping of their leads trying to get at my dog while my dog at the same time is just not interested. He continues on smelling the grass looking for his scent and continues on as if nothing is going on.