[sammyg2]

When I was a kid, the people across the street had the meanest, most aggressive dog I have ever seen, a scottie.
They tied it up to a stake in the yard next to an old dog house and would go out and feed it once a day and maybe pet it once in a while, and that was it.
I never saw them take it in the house or take it for a walk or even play with it.
This was in Utah, and it stayed outside all the time snow or not.
I tried to approach it a couple times to see if I could make friends, no dice.

So even a little friendly type dog can be made mean as hell by abuse.