Published on 12, July, 2020
I get nervous around them too. Not as badly as I used to but I’ll always be more of a cat person. I think it goes back to childhood. We never had that sort of pet growing up, and yet a 1980s childhood routinely featured running into feral dogs (neglected by owners) just freely roaming the streets. It was not uncommon to turn a corner only to walk straight into an aggressive pit bull or something and they’d sense your fear and start mauling or chasing straight away. Occasionally, the distant shout of an owner going ‘don’t mind him, he’s just playing’ could be heard as they sauntered back indoors, letting the savaging continue.
there may be the tiniest bit of exaggeration in the above, but not much!
Had a dog jumped on me when I was three years old. Also happened several times and even chased me. Got worst during lockdown. One nearly eaten my Danish pastry. Thought the Newfoundland going to eat the dog.