I occasionally get the same reaction from my little 45-pound mix! And with his big ears and long nose (he's half EBT) he looks more like a Disney character than a "tough dog". The funniest was when a gentleman in a wheelchair and his five-year-old son had stopped to pet and coo over Twinkie. Some dude walking down the street FREEZES twenty feet away and hollers over, "You got a hold on that dog?" ...Um, yeah, as you can see with how he's reacting to the kid and the guy in the wheelchair, he's clearly a vicious beastie. He'll be over to rip your legs off as soon as he's done mauling them. Sheesh.