Had you been cuddling with coons prior to the dog approaching you? ;]
I know what you mean.
The Dobe has an obsession with kids to the point of being idiotic about it.
His only desire in life is that they let him snuggle and kiss them.
However, he is a very big dog and his mad desire to entertain them could be harmful to kids too small to deal with his ‘give it all ya got’ paw shakes.
When they pet him, he does the typical “Dobe Donuts” wiggling ecstatically in a circle thing and I have to be careful that his big rump doesn’t accidentally knock them down.
I’m a spectacularly lousy judge of character but he isn’t it.
If acts edgy about some stranger, I take his word for it and move away from them.
On the flip side of that, people that I thought “looked scary”, he loved right up to immediately.
He apparently sees things ‘inside them’ that I can’t.
Just kidding about the coon cuddling.
My dad had a Bluetick who was completely berserk.
He was so afraid of the dog that I had to feed and care for it.
“Rock” never managed to bite me but it wasn’t for lack of trying.
IMO, he probably could’ve benefited from a full tick panel just to make sure he didn’t have Lyme or Ehrlichiosis because otherwise, he was just plumb mean.
Helluva coon hunter, though.
I do restrict my 75 lb Aussie mix around little kids. In his joy at seeing them, he can knock them over. And his desire to lick their faces CAN be annoying...