1 year old English Bulldog ankle biting

Question
Hi, I'm Nina and am newly employed at a doggie daycare facility.  One of our clients, 'Pogy' is a year old 'intacked' (sp.) male (we only have a few dogs, the owner's male golden, also a year old and not neutered) they get along...it makes me a little nervous...anyway...yesterday, Pogy went for my ankles, nothing I did or said would get him to stop.  I tried 'posturing myself and speaking like the 'pack leader"...I even tried removing him physically, he (in my opinion) reacted aggresively...I really thought he was going to bite me...if I was able to break free, I couldn't move fast enough...I am not a giselle or Vaslav Najinsky...he is like a ''bowling ball'...eventually I managed to drag both of us over to retrieve a ball to distract him and then I removed myself from the area.  My boss, who I called out to help me was bathing a dog and couldn't help me out...I know that he wasn't aware of the degree of the biting.  He told me that it is a dominance behavior and clearly I was not projecting the 'large and in charge' posture...he was right...I was scared....but tried to maintain my 'alpha status' as best as I could.  Obviously, I want to learn how to prevent this from occuring and immediately put a stop to it and also understand the meaning of english bulldogs and how their background developed this particular behavior...(is that how they take down bulls in the past...they are too short to go for another vulnerable part of the body and by biting the ankles...I know how immobilizing that can be.)  I also told my boss that he is not neutered and could this be related?  Anyway...I am very intuitive in most things and I keep hearing that 'dog handling' is largely intuitive and of course technique and theory...could it be possible that for whatever reason I'm not intuitive enough to be a dog handler?  My gifts are healing(animal massage) and the communication arts...I excel in all types of marketing, PR and public speaking/education for pets and wildlife.  I used to have a beardie and he was already trained, so I have never taken my own dog to training.  I have watched the dog whisperer and am reading the other end of the leash.  Now, you will be delighted to know that I have to get ready to go to work...and I am finishing up my 'novella' thank you so much for your time.
Nina

Answer
First of all, it's not up to you to deal with the dog. It's up to the owner. Unless they're hiring you to train their dog, tell them his behavior is unacceptable and send them to a behaviorist or similar trainer.

The fact that he is a strange dog is strange surroundings with dogs he doesn't know doesn't negate his behavior, but it isn't something I would take too seriously the first time. If it continues, then I would recommend his owner's take him out of daycare.

You're young, relax, learn and go where your passion leads you.