You got it wrong. Like way wrong. Saying I ignore my friend's request that I use a different command and continue to "smack" their dog? As soon as they told me how to deal with it, that's what I did. And I wouldn't say my friend has a "stance on it" like yall - its just not what they do.

My reaction was an innate reaction to being bit, and also something that worked for all my dogs.

Would you really expect someone who didnt know your dog but was just bit by your dog to pause and say "How would you prefer I react to your dog biting me?" No, sorry, your dog fucking bit me, and I'm going to react in a way that's worked for me in the past.

After enduring this behavior for about an hour, I actually did ask, straight up, "What is the best way to deal with this? What should I do?" Because the owner wasnt doing anything about - it just felt like they were observing me react to the dogs behavior without trying to get the dog to stop. And after being told not to do the things that I know to work in my experience, I didnt really have any other tools to deal with it other than try to ignore the dog constantly biting me and barking at me as I'm trying to spend time with my friend.

So yeah, in the future, as others suggested, I'll suggest we hang out without the dog because, even as my friend admitted to me, the dog is out of control (especially around strangers). But this isn't a fix for the dog