My mom went to a meeting about dog parks today so I waited outside the center with Tara. Many families came up and petted her just fine (with her giving them kisses and wagging her tail), even a teenage boy. Then, two teen boys came up, acting all funny. They kept asking if she'd bite them if they tried to pet her. Of course, I said no. She was laying next to me when one of them finally gathered up the courage to walk up and pet her. Just when they were about 2' away, she growled and lunged at him. I fortunatly caught her in midleap and yanked her back so she missed biting him by a hair! I figured she just had a bad feeling about him and stayed since she had never done that before. The next person to come up was one of my boyfriend's old friends (a teenager) and she growled and growled at him and kept trying to reach him with me pulling back. So, that was it. I was getting up to leave when a family came up and asked to pet her. Just as I said 'no, she's acting funny...' she started growling. Maybe she was just tired of being pet? Weird...she hasn't EVER done ANYTHING like this before! Maybe the first boy opened a really bad door in her mind? Geez...I don't know! She is usually such a big baby!