"Mean" Dog responds to love

[Catherine]

Quote:As an emergency measure I carried a "Squeaky Stick". (A plastic squeaky-toy shaped like a stick) If anyone squeaked it he asked no further questions and turned and shot off in a bee-line right home! He was scared stiff of it!

That just doesn't fit with the image of Jet as the predator.  I guess even the toughest hunter has a weak spot.
Even as a child my instinct was to stop and face anything that ran at me. I was maybe ten when a big dog came running out of his driveway and attacked me on my bike. I jumped off the bike and turned to face him. I stood my ground and he stopped. We both sort of backed away, me further down the road and him down his driveway. I backed a long way before I got back on my bike.
That always seemed like the best way to handle things. If it runs it must be prey. That is how I would expect a dog or a lot of other animals to see it.
It sounds like Jet saw it that way.
I think most people do not know how to handle dog situations. If they did  there would be less dog situations.