Oh! they do that too...............one day they will pick on the wrong dogs......mine just think they are loopy
Not really.............besides everytime you speak to them they go ''nice neighbour no english'' then they run the shop over the road and speak perfect english when you buy stuff

I own up to hiding down the side of our car..............laughing but then I have a ''wicked sense of humour''

Some people just dont like dogs.
My housemates Mum came over and Hec jumped up to say hello and she practically left the flat at 100mph. She had real fear in her voice as well.....myself and my other flat mate rather ashamedly found it amusing.
But, having said that I agree that it is deffo a culture thing too.

Yep it is cultural. When my Mum was selling her house, an asian family looked round and the children were screaming when they saw the rabbit! My Mum has an Asian friend, she doesn't really like dogs but still visits and puts up with Lottie wiggling around for a tummy rub. She says that as a child, she was told lots of scary stories about animals, particulary dogs and how dirty and dangerous they were. Her brother lives in Pakistan and has a farm. His dogs live in his house and all his neighbours laugh at him. They think he's mad!

On the other hand, lots of people are scared of dogs. When people drag their kids away from Loki or cross the street to avoid him I just whistle to myself 'Who's afraid of the big bad wolf'. By the time they've figured out the tune I'm long gone!

I have read that in certain religions you lose some days of accumulated good deeds for getting into heaven if you even touch a dog . I don't want to say what religion it is in case I offend anyone

It's so easily done isn't it!!!!

We're all going to hell then still, if there's dogs there...

funny though dog spelt backwards is god ............

It's difficult... The field where I walk most often is full of dogs, but that still doesn't stip the occasional phobe from walking or jogging there... Poor Kismet can't understand at all! Recently we met a whole family of terrified dog phobes walking their 2 Chihuahuas... As Kismet trotted up, they screamed at me to put her on the lead... I assumed there must be something wrong with their dogs, so I called them all back and leashed them... The odd group then picked up their little dogs and stalked past.... looking terrified at my three... The only thing they said in defence of their bizarre actions to me after they had passed was "Wolf dogs eat little dogs" ???? wolf dogs? do they mean Kismet?

Oh! dear NO HEAVEN for me then...........

That had me laughing, poor Kismet

What the hell is there to take offence at You told the truth it's not your fault there are people who know nothing about dogs yet still feel they can make insulting remarks to you.