What would you have done in this situation? I tried to avoid this girl and her dog by going to the other side of the street and I told her not to bring her dog over to me. What can I do in this situation, when people/young kids think it’s alright for dogs to "play" when they are out. My dog is fine with other dogs, but at times I worry about him as he is very submissive towards other dogs and probably couldn’t defend himself well or at all if he got into a dog fight…I guess that is my main fear a dog fight,so how can I avoid this happening with other people’s dogs when they won’t listen!

Sorry for the long story, I just had to get my anger out at people who can’t control their animals!
She was a kid…I felt bad for yelling at her. She didn`t know any better obviously, she probably weighed less than her dog.
Yes, he is very well socialized. When I first got him we camped at our national park lots and he got to see tons of people and dogs of all breeds and sizes so that`s not the issue. I think literally he was thinking, “Holy S***!`This dogs gonna eat me!“ lol

In this situation I would have raised holy heck and made that lady know that she was not to come onto the other side of the street near me in any certain terms. I promise I would have made her more scared of me then anything else.

From now on, I would carry some type of protection with me while walking my dog, legal of course. That could be a baseball bat, pepper spray, electric cattle prod.

I would have ABSOLUTELY gone to the other side of the street and had this idiot still dared to approach me I would have informed her quite loudly that I would be going postal on her and her dog if they got any closer.

I see so many idiots with aggressive dogs that I do not take my dogs out in situations where I will run into them. These people are SO clueless about their dogs.

A baseball bat is a great deterrent, an idiotic owner will think twice (ok at least one time) before approaching you if you start wielding that bat.