i know the feeling jager,
when i have stuka and tank out and about, ppl steer clear of my car or us. when stuka was 3 months old, we was on the way to dayton, i had to stop at all the rest area's so he could go potty. this one rest area had couple buses full of kids. i was standing there waiting for my kids to come out and had stuka on his leash when a camp director lady walked up and asked to pet him. i told her of course! so bunch of kids came running over and of course stuka was luving the attention! then after petting him and talking to me for bout 5 minutes, she then asked "what kind of dog is he" when i told her he was pitbull/bull mastiff mix, it was almost like they thought he had the plague and she told them kids in a hurry to go back over with the rest of the kids and she left with them making sure they did exactly that.
makes me sooooooooo angry when people just assume the breed or the way they look that they are aggressive.