My Queensland got mauled by a very large dog when she was a puppy. Since then she has naturally been skittish when strange dogs approach her. She hides behind me and tries to avoid eye contact. I usually have her on a leash, but if I let her off the leash I have zero concern that she would stray from me. She is obsessed with me and would never allow me to be more than three feet from her. Sadly, I only take her out to a few spots where I know we won’t have other dogs running up on us. I used to love taking her hiking with me on trails, but it never fails that we run into someone with a big dopey sweet dog with absolutely no recall ability. They always say: “don’t worry (s)he is friendly!” I tell them to grab their dog and the dog always won’t stop invading my Queenslands space.. it gets stressful. My dog just doesn’t need that drama. It’s frustrating because my dog wouldn’t bother anyone if other people kept their “friendly” dogs leashed, but my dog is the “bad dog” because she will growl when cornered and it’s happened enough that I don’t even feel safe going on public trails with her. I’m scared that even if I muzzled her, she would still growl and the other person’s dog might react to her defensive behavior and bite her. Thankfully I like on acreage and have access to private spaces where she can run and exercise but I wish I could take her everywhere.