Yesterday we went to our nieces 5th birthday pool party with our gang - always an event. Before we walked in the door we noticed several people rolling their eyes and said, "Oh no" as soon as they set eyes on our gang. Rocco and Bella are very well trained, have excellent manners, do not beg for food and are just pleasant to be around. They just want to love and kiss you. So, as soon as we walk in, our brother-in-law's father's dog, Molly (Beagle) barked and challenged our gang. Our gang hung back, didnt bark or challenge back just looked at her like "Hey, what's your problem? We just came to swim in the pool." Well Molly charges up to Rocco and bit his face. Rocco was stunned but wasnt hurt, wasnt phased, showed no aggression at all. Over the course of several hours, Molly harassed our gang, barked and challenged and of course the owner did not correct her, just said, "Oh Molly." Molly did also tried to nip Bella. Later on I overheard the owner saying to Molly, "You have to protect us from this big mean dogs."
During dinner, Molly was jumping up on chairs, stole someone's hamburger, and later stole a whole hot dog bun with hot dog in it and chowed it down. She constantly barked, begged for food, jumped on chairs to steal others food and the owners thought this was so cute
Meanwhile, our gang played in the pool, sat in the shade next to us, showed their manners, and never barked or challenged Molly. Sad to say there were others at the party that shared this sentiment that we have big, uncontrollable dogs. It was disappointing how big dogs get branded as the bad guuys and smaller ones, are able to get away with murder.
As always the Newf temperment and personality shined through