I'm always surprised when I find out how frightened people really are when it comes to so-called big, black dogs. They are the last to be adopted from the shelters. People really are afraid of them. Of course, we never think of our own dogs as scarey, but if one takes time to actually ask it is shocking to find how people view them...in general. I guess it is not too far-fetched because even though we trust/love them they may still shock even us when duty calls and/or they decide to decapitate some poor mojo that looks, to them, like a rat.