Find out who are the friendly dogs and whom it is best to steer clear of - there is usually one or two nasty bits about - so give them a wide berth! What you don't want is your young, and as yet "untainted" Mutt suddenly scared out of its fur lined pants but some nasty bit of work, who's daft owner has failed to check it's aggressive passions at an early age! Usually they are the ones (owners) who give you a filthy look as if it was your fault, and appear to suggest you shouldn't have brought such a dangerous brute to the event. With luck their Mutt will get excited, forget itself and make a mess on the floor! Then you can go "Errr!"

Alternatively you can suitably advance the situation if you wish by patting your Mutt on the head and saying sufficiently loudly, "now "Mountbatten" you don't really want to be like that, do you?" Always use a "grand" name as it helps to aggravate the other side who has probably only aspired to naming theirs "Fred" (apologies to all owners with a dog called Fred! - great name - love it!) Practice hard and within a few weeks you will be first class at starting local wars!

A good instructor will usually reprimand any offender with some direct or indirect, but suitably cutting remark to draw attention to their shortcomings.