Barrett freaks me out a little every once in a while in a few different ways. The top three being when he starts playing rough with a smaller dog, when he gets too excited around kids, and when he doesn't want to get in the car when we're out somewhere and its just me and him! Mostly cuz I know that although he won't hurt anyone or anything, he doesn't know how big he is and still isn't the greatest with his commands and obediance... 95% of the time he's great and I have no problems taking him places and doing things with him, but theres that 5% of the time when he's having an off day or someone isn't watching their dog or their kid and just lets them wander up to Barrett, or he decides that he doesn't want to go where I want him to go that I get a little nervous! I'm confident in my control over him, but its always in the back of my mind that when it really comes down to it, if he wanted to, Barrett could take me on any day and he'd have no problems winning! The one time he had me really worried though was when I took him up to Sam's club gas station to get his nails cut (we have a good friend that works there and she used to be a groomer and has groomed Bubba Louie a few times and always used to bathe our dog Jake
who went to the bridge about 6 months before we got Barrett) Anyway, Shannon (our friend) took Barrett into the little hut they have for the station attendants to do his nails quick while I filled up my car. Right about when they got to the door of the hut, Barrett looked behind him and realized that momma wasn't coming with! He knows Shannon and has been there with us and in the hut a million times so I never thought he'd even think twice about it... I was wrong... He turned around, pulled backwards, and right about the time I yelled, "Shannon, Don't pull! He slips out of his collar", Barrett did just that... He ran about 20 feet from her and just stood there like 'now what do I do!?" I told Shannon just to walk behind him and more or less herd him towards me and I'd grab him when he got close. It worked like a champ and I had him back on his leash in about 5 minutes, but the thought of him being loose where there are cars all over the place and right by 2 very busy roads and the freeway had me a little freaked out! I'm so glad he decided not to play games with me that day!!