If you like to walk, do dogs scare you?

Yes as a young person probably about 15 I was walking to school and I was attacked by a german sheppard. He ate the top of my knee off before I got help. I will never forget that. My mother blamed me and said I had probably teased the dog which was not at all true and only mothers love (NONE) I didn't even see the dog till he knocked me to the ground. Three days later my brother was attacked too and this time everyone believed he was indeed just walking to school. The dog had to be tested turned out he was sick and we had to have shots and the dog was put to sleep. I hate big dogs to this day which is wrong I know some are good.

I have not been bitten by a dog while walking though I have been chased by one.In my locality there are a number of stray dogs.The municipality is doing nothing to curb the dog problem.So many are reluctant to walk in the morning.The dogs last week bit a cow.When someone takes the initiative to end the dog problem then comes the animal activists.I think they are more concerned with mad dogd rather than the precious lives of human beings.It is sad that their wilful indifference to the fact of stray dogs is realy creating some sort of fear psychosis among the morning walkers.But recently I have seen a revival of this morning walking on my street.But the only difference I saw was that there is baton which can be elongated into a stick with a dagger at its end,in everybody's hands.

I walk almost every day in our neighborhood and there are a couple dogs that will "charge" the fence and bark at anyone that goes by. I haven't really been afraid of them, but last week, one of them did get loose and attacked another dog. Fortunately, it was the dog and not the person or baby in the stroller. I really should carry some mace with me.

[i]Hi Garden, I grew up having dogs always and they always scare neighbors or friends who wil visit because they are not friendly to strangers and it help me more friendly to unknown dogs..LOL! I am not scared and been encounter a lot of huge and brave dogs who will really follow me and bark a lot but once I will just ignore them as if nothing happens, they will start to calm down! My Parents will always remind me that once you will make them feel that you are scared or you will also act as if you are mad at them for doing so, the more they will not stop barking and following![/i]

Me either. But there was a big Rottweiller on the loose in our neighborhood a few days back, so we kept out of the yard until he left.

Hi i have this fear feeling for stray dogs on roadside. I have this phobia as when i was young i saw my own cousin attack by dogs so i am afraid of those stray dogs that will attack me suddenly. But now i am a little more brave as i will bring some stick to protect myself when i have a walk or i will get someone accompany me.

Although I love dogs and I have always had dogs, I am still terrified of other peoples dogs. I will not walk past a house where there is a dog loose. I haven't ever been bitten by one but they really scare me when they come running towards me and barking. It is very frightening.

Sometimes I feel like people think that it will never be their dogs that hurt someone. Somepeople let their pets run free in their yard. Even if a dog is nice that does not mean that they wont get startled and think you are going to hurt them as you run by. I usualy run with mace or something so that if I am attacked I can buy my self some get away time. I have only had to use it once in 15 years.

We have alot of dogs that go wild around here so no, I wouldn't walk around town. Luckly, I do have a glider inside so I can still get my exercise. [b]**AT PEACE WITHIN** ~~STAND STRONG IN YOUR BELIEFS~~[/b]

I do like to walk. Dogs don't scare me when I am walking. But I am not faced with many dogs on my walks so I can't say for sure. We have some pretty serious leash laws in my area so most dogs I come across are usually walking on a leash with their owner.

No dogs do not scare me. I love dogs very much and I can usually tell the dogs I can talk to and the dogs who are unfriendly. I have met a few unfriendly ones over the years but where I live now the dogs are nice. It is a rural area and the dogs are all well looked after.

I don't mind little dogs, but even so with the children I worry about the children as they are nearer the ground! Big dogs I am very coutaious of them, you never know what they will do. None of us have actually been bitten by a dog.

I carry a big walking stick just incase some four legged person thinks I've entered his space uninvited. You micht add that to your walk or carry pepper spray taht can also work with two legged persons.

My little neighborhood is very laid back, I have not had any dogs scare me at all. I have to get more self decline to go out there and walk more and more often! I have not ever been bitten by any of my neighbors dogs!

Well, I must confess dogs do scare me. If I see a dog on the pavement I cross the street if I think it's going to bark at me. If it is a little dog and doesn't look dangerous I make an effort to look distressed and pass by it. Once the danger was left behind I take a deep breath and keep walking. :)

I haven't been bitten, but I've gotten a scare of two from neighbor's dogs. I live in the middle of a city and people are supposed to keep their dogs on leashes, but sometimes I'll see a dog running free in a yard, playing, and it intimidates me. I really don't like it when they start barking. It unnerves me a bit.

Dogs and I have a sort of rapport. They never scare me nor do I scare them. I have approcahed many strays in my walkings. Not once been bitten either. HAPPY POSTINGS FROM GRANDPA BOB !!~

I'm not usually scared of dogs, big or little. Of course there was an incident once that scared the heck out of me. I still lived with my parents at the time, and around 4am I still couldn't go to sleep, so I went to my car to go get breakfast at McDonalds. I walked to my car, and suddenly two big dogs came right toward me. GardenGerty, I kid you not, the first thing that came to my mind was that they looked like the hounds of hell. I'm totally serious! I got in my car, and when I came back they were still there. So I gave them an egg mcmuffin to share. LOL Most dogs though I see with their owners, even if they aren't on a leash. A guy had his pit bull with him, and I asked if I could pet the dog. And it was a sweet dog. I guess maybe I'm too trusting that the owner wouldn't place the rest of the population in danger by letting their dog out without a leash.

Dogs definitely do scare me, especially if they are mistreated dogs of breeds known for incivility. I have been bitten. More than once. I do not blame the dogs, but rather the people who do not take proper care for them and allowed them to run loose. So I do not walk anywhere that dogs are likely to be encountered.

I don't like the ones that run right up to me and bark their heads off. You don't know what they're going to do. I yell like crazy and hope the owner is home. There is one place, the owner never seems to be home. So there is only one dog that bugs me.