Encountered with a dog

One of the town residents really understand that I get nervous about dogs. The owner got a really well trained dog.

The butchers helper tried to make me friends with the dog. Every week the dog gets scrapes of meat. The owner wife said to him don't let rosy do anything if uncomfortable. 

Some owners don't understand about people getting nervous about dogs and make up excuses. Also unpredictable.

When first moved to the town a neighbour (now deceased); had a rescue dog and said don't touch her etc..  charity shops allow dogs and have doggy treats. Unfair as I just froze last time. 

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  • im ok with dogs, but one time there was this guy down the road who let his annoying yapping howling jack russle out all the time freely and allowed it to freely roam the streets and it was aggressive so if it saw you it would howl and run at you and try bite at you and harrass you and when it was out it always stayed at the end of our street making it so you had to walk past it and have it try attack you every time. was pretty annoying and didnt like that at all.

  • That sounds horrible. Id dread leaving the house with that scenario. Some wee dogs are cute though. There’s some wee Westie type thing in the house oppposite me and she’s wearing a Christmas jumper this week and stands up like a person when I walk past. She used to bark but now she knows me. I don’t interact beyond a smile and friendly nod or wave because I feel weird doing all that ‘who’s a good girl then?’ or tactile Stuff that comes easily to other people. Maybe she’d like it though. Is it mean to be so reserved if well meaning? 

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  • That sounds horrible. Id dread leaving the house with that scenario. Some wee dogs are cute though. There’s some wee Westie type thing in the house oppposite me and she’s wearing a Christmas jumper this week and stands up like a person when I walk past. She used to bark but now she knows me. I don’t interact beyond a smile and friendly nod or wave because I feel weird doing all that ‘who’s a good girl then?’ or tactile Stuff that comes easily to other people. Maybe she’d like it though. Is it mean to be so reserved if well meaning? 

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