[Salamander]

My grandmother’s brother had two little mongrels smaller than Beagles.

Those dogs were the -only- dogs I kept my “man stopper” trained Dobe away from.

The bitch would prance in front of him, distracting him and the male would sneak in from behind and try to hamstring him.

As soon as the male had a leg in his mouth, the female would stop prancing and go for the throat.

“Large” doesn’t count for jack-squat, sometimes.

FWIW, my 100 lb Euro Dobe runs like hell from the 30 pound Portuguese Podengo Medio when they’re in the back yard.

She goes for the hamstrings to -force- him into playing whether he wants to or not.

She’s 18” tall, he’s 30” tall.

It ain’t the size of the dog in the fight.
It’s the size of the fight in the dog.

He may be T Rex but she’s a Velociraptor.

[Sans-Culotte]

My neighbor has two yappy little terrors that are a mix of chihuahua and maltese. My corgi hates them. If he hears them next door, he likes to get into a barking contest through the fence until I bring him back. However, he behaves himself on walks and is actually rather shy of strangers and other dogs. However, if the neighbor is walking those little yappers, they strain at their leashes to get at my dog.

I once took my dog to PetSmart and some guy had a little yapper that was doing the same thing: they strain at their leashes to the point that they are only walking on their hind legs. Look at the list of THE INTELLIGENCE OF DOGS. Those little yappy POS dogs are usually not very bright. They yap and disobey because they are not smart enough to learn what they should do.

Here's my little guy: