One of my neighbors literally screamed.
Large dogs were common where I grew up, and while some people didn’t care for dogs, very few people were scared of them. In this new area, I’ve noticed that some people are outright afraid of my dog.
How should I react when someone is scared of my dog? I obviously feel bad for scaring people, and my instinct is to apologize and remove my dog from the situation. I will continue walking her away from people who are clearly uncomfortable, but are apologies necessary when neither my dog nor I are doing anything wrong?
Once you are confident that you are not violating any unfamiliar rules, you will still have to account for the fright: “She’s harmless; there is no need to be afraid.” But Miss Manners will agree that this may be said a trifle stiffly if you believe the dramatization of said fear to be out of proportion to the actual emotion.My husband is in a rehabilitation facility, receiving physical therapy to improve his strength after orthopedic surgery.
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