I Am Scared Of Dogs

Getting a puppy is the exact right thing to do. I had a fear of dogs for many, many years, but then I lived with one. Now I own THREE!!

Yes I think getting a puppy would be the best thing you could do. I grew up with a Cocker Spainal and loved him so much. I now have three German Shepards, three dobermans and a Rotwiler and each and every one of them have their own personalitys. They are very loving animals. I hope you do end up getting a puppy. You won't regreat it.

yes i think that you should get a puppy because it will get you to feal how the dog wants to get treated... or you could go to someone to is an expert on dogs and see some experiances of why they bark at you and how you could try to get the fearness out.. i love dogs but one of the times i m scared of some but wat i do is get a treat or bread and try to get it to like me... but anyways try to get someone to help you.. bye

I, for one, do not think you should get a puppy. Not until you get over your fear a little bit. If you get a puppy, is your fear of dogs so great that you won't be able to take it to a training class where there are other dogs? When you have a dog, you are frequently dumped into situations where you are faced with one or more dogs you don't know. As you experienced with the GSD puppy your parents got, you can be unafraid of one dog, and afraid of all the rest. All dogs are different, how will you know, really, what you want from yours if you can't meet a bunch to find out?

I'd start slowly. Start reading dog books. Looking at dog pictures. What about them scares you? Then maybe go to a dog park, where you can watch dogs interacting with other dogs and people from behind the safety of a fence. Go to a dog show, where there are lots of dogs, but they're all busy, so they aren't the least bit interested in you. Until you're at the point where you can walk up to a strange, friendly dog, I don't recommend getting a pup.

Once you've reached that point, you'll be able to go out and find a puppy that is just the one you want, because you'll interact with it enough to know its' personality suits you. Then, by all means, get yourself a puppy. It'll help with any residual fear, and boy, will you have fun!

well iv been atacked by a dog at age 10 and i am now 14. the dog was a german sheperd/chow mix. i was afraid of alot of big dogs but then i thought maybe is i start with a calm quite dog i would get over my fear, so i took my friends dog and started to pet it and play with it. maybe if you think of all dogs as nice and non-aggresive you will over come that fear

While I admire sasha122772's desire to overcome her fear of dogs, not all dogs are nice and non-aggressive, no matter what the breed. It would be better to learn about what a friendly dog looks like, and to learn what kind of signs a dog gives that it isn't one of the nice friendly canines out there. That way you've educated yourself about dogs, and when we understand something we're a lot less afraid. Personally, I'm not really comfortable around power tools. I need to be, so I'm reading up about them. Now that I know more about how to use them, I'm not so nervous. If you know what a dog is trying to tell you, you'll know whether it's friendly or not, and then you'll know whether to put out your hand and pet it or not. I have a dog who is big and scary looking, he's a pit bull/bull mastiff mix. That's his picture to the left. He's actually sweet, and approaches people with a big, happy smile, wagging tail, and wiggly body. Nothing to be scared of there. But, since people look at his appearance, and not how he's acting, they're afraid of a dog who would never think of hurting them.