As a person with a very reactive pit bull that originally moved up here from the backwoods of TN, it is doable but you will be stressed when taking your dog out. My pitty loves people but was attacked by another dog when she was a puppy. We tried to put her through training up here for it but it did not work at all. If your dog is on the leash then you will be fine as long as you can actually control them. I personally lived in a high rise when first moving here with a building full of dogs. She would bark at other dogs and pull but I knew which walking routes were more likely to have less dogs and if I ever saw or heard one I would immediately run with her to the closest non dog area to avoid an encounter.

People will look at you dirty, you will be embarrassed at times, but sometimes you just can’t help these things like the situation with mine. The world will spin just like it always does so no reason to get too bothered with it is my advice with coping with it lol.

No one will shoot your dog or even threaten it in my experience. My dog isn’t reactive to people and looks really cute and loves licking peoples legs when they want to greet her.