DH and I took LO to our friends' BBQ yesterday and a scary incident happened. They have two really sweet, well trained labs. One is even has hit youtube videos demonstrating his training. At the start of the BBQ the dogs were in the house and we were hanging out with everyone in the backyard. Over the course of a few hours the party migrated inside, dogs migrated outside and we slowly introduced LO to the dogs. LO's only 5 months so I was holding her the whole time.

When we were getting ready to leave I fed LO in the guest room and then put her in her carseat in there. I carried the seat into the entry way and waited for DH. As I was waiting for DH one of the dogs walked up to LO in the seat, growled and then barked pretty aggressively. I grabbed the carrier and tried to go out the door but that excited the other dog. I stopped in my tracks since they really didn't want me near the door. At that point I was pretty scared and I think it literally scared the poop out of LO. It must have looked scary because a woman ran to get one of the owners to calm down the dogs. When she came the dogs ran back to the party. My friend looked as stunned as I did by the behavior of the dogs.

Nothing happened but now I feel guilty that I put LO in that situation and totally ignorant about what I need to do in the future. I know not to let LO approach dogs and not to let her be alone with dogs. I also know they are animals and can be unpredictable. Dog lovers, please help me out. What do I need to know to keep LO safe?