My dog is a service animal who does not approach or acknowledge the existence of humans who aren't me, and if someone else is in the hall immediately gets out of the way and comes to my side. In retrospect this wasn't something I should have weighed in on because my dog is a special circumstance and his training is different to a point that vastly changes the situation! So does the fact we've got only one other person on the floor and no one below us. If anyone were afraid of large dogs I wouldn't let him loose near them.

You do have room to complain though! Whoever you are renting from should hear you out. Sadly that's idealism in action since I know many landlords are not as decent as I want them to be.