Please keep your dogs on a leash

[neebs]

I have this irrational fear of dogs.

I have a dog. Not a small dog. Annie is an 85 pound black lab. Friendliest dog you have EVER met, but still, a big dog.

Yesterday as I was walking home there was a boxer off a leash. This dog was about the size of Annie. For some reason, I froze. The owner was about 20 feet away from the dog, talking to someone in their car, so it's not like this dog was just randomly running around, but my heart was still beating like crazy and I couldn't bring myself to just walk toward the dog. I ended up going the long way around the block to get to my apartment.

Probably no one cares, but I've never frozen like that before when it comes to dogs, so it was a weird experience for me.

Comments

[jesabaseeba.livejournal.com]

Hm. That is a weird experience. I think it has a lot to do with the fact that boxers have a real reputation for being pretty nasty dogs, even though a lot of them aren't at all. Like if it had been a lab or even a bigger dog like a st. bernard that would be weird if you froze, cuz those dogs are always nice. But a boxer is understandable.