Dogs are usually not the problem, it's their owners. A good dog is the result of hard work by an owner who gives a damn about his dog and how that dog interacts with anybody at anytime.

Years ago I had an Australian Cattle Dog that would fish with me, bank or boat. She got excited when I hooked a fish and never got in the way. A great companion. Once while camping on our private property on Lake Chelan, three guys in a canoe trespassed and started to set up camp near ours. A visit by me and her snarling teeth and they decided to move on down the lake.

While we're talking about dogs(nfr). My neighbor has two golden retrievers who spend 20 of 24 hours each day in a kennel. When the owners get ready for work each morning and returns home from work, the dogs bark loudly for an hour straight........and they never tell their dogs to be quiet. It's not pleasant. If you own a dog, love it, train it, be with it.

I got a new Cattle dog puppy a few months ago. She's with me 20 out of 24 hours a day. She's wonderful, hopefully you'll see her fishing with me on a river someday.