Bailey is interested in bigger dogs, but as he gets close then he turns 'Kugo'. Big dog mentality I guess. Anyways, I pick him up now as we get closer, as I am familiar with his stance on this. Having said this, I can't really blame him as he has been bitten a couple of times by other bigger dogs (Spaniel included here - really, any dog IS bigger than he, at 7.5 lbs haha) along our walks. When I see big dogs, I see vet bills, and even worse, Bailey being their play toy.
I couldn't forgive myself if anything mortal would happen to him. Bailey shys away from dogs as a rule, unless they are not interested in him. In that case, he likes to take a sniff at their back ends as they are walking away. As a pup I never took Bailey to any socializing classes due to the fact that he was so small and I didn't know what germs/viruses the other dogs were carrying and would feel terrible if he got sick. Having said that, right from the start he took a bigger interest in people... and I'm good with that
