I had a similar situation with my new next door neighbors who were outside doing yard work. They kept asking me about Raja, finally I replied, "She is as gentle as a lamb." At that exact moment little Shadow started barking so I picked her up. Bo and Raja hate when I hold Shadow and both lunged at me/Shadow at the same time. Shadow began antangonizing Raja, and the neighbors said, "Gentle as a lamb, huh?"
I tried to correct them, then thought, why bother? Who needs an alarm system when everyone in the neighborhood is scared of my large dogs? Why bother setting them straight? (I live in a borderline neighborhood, as in half yuppy half gehtto).