PMSL at the yorki comment, hope no one ownes one.
But I really believe that education is the way forward, dogs can sence fear.
There used to be a stray dog (NONE BULL TERRIER) that wondered around my mums area, this dog was soft when I saw it because I was not scared it didnt usually look twice at me.
However one day coming home from work I saw the same dog barking at a middle aged woman, had her stuck in here tracks up against a wall, So being the hero(LOL) I had to intervient, all I did is should at the dog and off it went, the woman thanked me but then admited Im really scared of dogs.
Now this dog shouldnt of been on the street in the first place, but these things happen and FEAR is not the best way of coping with the situation.