I was about 7 when first attacked by a supposedly harmless family pet, an Alsatian or German Shepherd type of thing. I had taken it for a walk when for no reason I can remember, it turned on me and I was pinned to the ground, terrified, until it eventually got bored and let me walk home, all the way threatening to have another go at me. My lovely mother declared without any room for doubt that it was all my fault. My dad, in one of the few times he ever actually did anything, had it destroyed.
When I was 14 I was attacked by a Doberman that escaped from a garden and just went for the first person it saw, unfortunately that being me. I had to walk past that house every day to school, and again on the way back, with that bastard thing growling and snarling at the gate, and I built up a stash of heavy sticks stuffed into a hedge either side of that house to defend myself, just so I could walk down the lane, and just as well because sometimes the bloody thing was out, and without the sticks I would have been dead.
Those were my 'almosts', and do I get extra points for them also being dog-themed?
I am not surprisingly absolutely terrified of dogs as a result.
You are in a very unique position, my friend. Because I’m sure you’ve heard in your life “well my dog wouldn’t do that!” or “not all dogs are like that!”
But you can’t be 100% sure about that… sure you may be able to coexist in the same space sometimes… but you always have that little prickle of fear. Because you just don’t know.
Just like almost every woman I’ve met.
Hell, I went for a jog yesterday and every car that had a man driving stared at me, but every car that had a woman driving kept their eyes on the road.
But your fear of dogs is very similar to how women feel about men.
I love my dogs though because I know they wouldn’t hurt me or anyone else. Especially Lily. Her idea of a good time at a dog park is to walk leisurely from person to person, lean on them, so they are forced to pet her 😂 and she’ll do that the whole time.
I am the opposite, unfortunately.
I was about 7 when first attacked by a supposedly harmless family pet, an Alsatian or German Shepherd type of thing. I had taken it for a walk when for no reason I can remember, it turned on me and I was pinned to the ground, terrified, until it eventually got bored and let me walk home, all the way threatening to have another go at me. My lovely mother declared without any room for doubt that it was all my fault. My dad, in one of the few times he ever actually did anything, had it destroyed.
When I was 14 I was attacked by a Doberman that escaped from a garden and just went for the first person it saw, unfortunately that being me. I had to walk past that house every day to school, and again on the way back, with that bastard thing growling and snarling at the gate, and I built up a stash of heavy sticks stuffed into a hedge either side of that house to defend myself, just so I could walk down the lane, and just as well because sometimes the bloody thing was out, and without the sticks I would have been dead.
Those were my 'almosts', and do I get extra points for them also being dog-themed?
I am not surprisingly absolutely terrified of dogs as a result.
You are in a very unique position, my friend. Because I’m sure you’ve heard in your life “well my dog wouldn’t do that!” or “not all dogs are like that!”
But you can’t be 100% sure about that… sure you may be able to coexist in the same space sometimes… but you always have that little prickle of fear. Because you just don’t know.
Just like almost every woman I’ve met.
Hell, I went for a jog yesterday and every car that had a man driving stared at me, but every car that had a woman driving kept their eyes on the road.
But your fear of dogs is very similar to how women feel about men.
I love my dogs though because I know they wouldn’t hurt me or anyone else. Especially Lily. Her idea of a good time at a dog park is to walk leisurely from person to person, lean on them, so they are forced to pet her 😂 and she’ll do that the whole time.
I trust most dogs over most humans. They know when something's wrong. Glad you had your dogs!
Jewby was such a good girl. I miss her so much.
A good dog is a wonderful thing!
I don't trust people who don't like dogs. I trust dogs who don't like people.
We really don't deserve them.