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[quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous]Someone I know said she has always been deathly afraid of animals in general, no matter how small or old.

She left my baby shower because the person hosting it had a medium size, friendly dog in the house. They offered to put the dog in a room and close the door, but that wasn't good enough.  This person would not go out into their back yard because she saw a cat on the fence once.  She did not want a family member coming to stay with her at Thanksgiving because the family member had a little dog with them, and they didn't want to board the dog because last time they did, it traumatized the dog.

Get it fixed. Don't let her grow up like the above person. IMO, it hampers her life, and makes life for those around her more difficult.[/quote]

OP here. I mean, that's why I'm asking -- trying to figure out HOW to address it. But for what it's worth, this is a very dog-specific fear. We have a cat and DC is fine with him. They aren't best buddies but that's as much the cat's choice as DC's, but they do hang out together and DC will even play with the cat sometimes.

So it's not an "all animals" thing. It's a dog thing. And the bigger the dog, the bigger the fear. So it's not totally irrational either.

Would love to hear from people who actually have or had kids with this fear and how you handled it.[/quote]

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