Ahhh, welcome grasshopper!!! Everyone has a starting point somewhere... great for you getting a really friendly, happy dog. Even people that have had many dogs and/or multiple dogs mess up. As in the couple that waved you to come on up, they did not take into consideration how their own dog would react to a new dog coming onto its territory. They should have handled the situation from their side a bit better, as well.
You'll learn alot about dog behavior in this forum, familiar and unfamiliar, just search for topics and read read read.....
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