Dogs are like those sphinx gates in the movie adaptation of "The Never-ending Story" (terrible compared to the book, which is one of my top 5 favorite books of all time, even as an adult, and the book's Uyulala is way cooler than those sphinxes). Anyway. You can't fake it. Dogs see right through you. Rather, they smell right through you. They can literally smell human emotions. If you're scared of them, they will get scared about you and be weird with you. Don't force people who don't want to interact with dogs to interact with dogs.
@ItsTrainingCatsAndDogs I used to work in an office where the boss would bring her dog in periodically, despite knowing that one of my colleagues was scared of dogs… “Oh, ha-ha… but he’s so small and friendly!”
This dog was indeed small, and friendly with many people, but he’d growl and bark non-stop at the scared person.
I’m a BIG fan of dogs, but I’d be a pretty shit trade unionist to be ok with people being afraid in their own workplaces, and it can’t have been exactly relaxing for the dog
@ItsTrainingCatsAndDogs there’s a guy who lives semi-locally who is absolutely terrified of dogs, and he always makes panicked and indecisive movements any time he needs to walk near a dog, which of course attracts the attention of said dog and thus makes the man panic more. It’s such a shitty position to be in 💔
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