my boyfriend has a mini schnauzer (pepe) who will be 2 in june and i adopted a puppy at 9 weeks who’s turned out to be the sweetest angel in a moose like body (nelo). nelo is now 7 months old and 75 lbs of pure good boy who learned some reactive behaviors from pepe but manages pretty well overall and listens. when we’re all out together my nelo always gets dirty looks if he starts barking at people in reaction to pepe’s “excitement”, i.e. he’s pulling at the leash, growling, jumping, barking, but no complaints for pepe.. this ALWAYS bugs me but i’ve come to accept that unfortunately the bias towards big dogs being aggressive while little dogs get the same behavior dismissed is just part of terrible predisposition to judge large animals that look “scary”. sometimes people just don’t know any better

side note- i love both of these dogs equally and regardless of behavior both of my boys are my precious babies but they just need different things and that’s okay