Most terrier breeds have a feisty in your face disposition. This is a characteristic of terriers and some breeders and judges test for it.
If one watches terriers at an all breed dog show you will often see the judge put two dogs face to face. It is expected they should have an in your face attitude. Many terrier breeds were bred for killing small rodents. If you know this about your terrier you should know that that in your face attitude might get him/her in trouble. I think that some terriers think of small dogs and cat as rats.
Some yappy little terriers bring down destruction on themselves from larger dogs but in most cases the larger dog gets blamed. If I had a small dog that I did not want to get into trouble, I would keep him/her very close when in the vicinity of larger dogs. That is the owner responsibility.
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