Originally Posted by
OldTryGuy
I believe that many dog owners simply have a, my dog has NEVER bitten anyone and is very FRIENDLY so a method of restraining is not needed, mentality.
Exactly !
No one should ever let dogs run loose in pairs anyway (or alone for that matter). They will do things in pairs or more that they would never think to do alone. This turned out lucky for the OP in that the other dogs didn't jump in on it.