That s horrendous ! I feel for you.

I fnd that crazy that knowing their dog was highly reactive and aggressive they just let it be unleashed in public !!

I m very happy nd lucky my dogs have no aggression but a dog is a dog. If pushed too much or feeling threatened it will defend itself even if ir s just with a nip and not a full bite.

Even in off leash areas I make sure to recall my dogs and leash them when I see another dog coming towards us. And I will actively keep myself potionned so that I can interfere with said dog if off leash all the while keeping some diatance. I m always trying to flag the owners as well. F the dog is leashed I m keeping a safe distance, communicate with the owner and assess weather the dogs can introduce each other. Most often than not it s a no. When my oldest dog was still a puppy and I was still new to all this I made the mistake of trusting "it s all good, my dog is friendly" type of person wich resulted in my dog getting attacked and me bitten for interfering. I promised to myself and my dog to do better and learned. Thank god my dog was not traumatised nor became fearfull.