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[quote=Anonymous]Plenty of people expect dog owners to obey the law and keep their dogs on leash in public areas. It doesn't mean they hate dogs, "don't understand" dogs, or have a dog phobia. It might just mean they do not want to be approached by a strange dog (or have a strange dog run up to their child unexpectedly).

I have a completely rational fear of large dogs after having been bitten in the face at age 11 by a supposedly gentle, well-trained German Shepherd who I did absolutely nothing to provoke.  I'm sure the two kids whose family pet was euthanized after it bit me cried pretty hard, but really, I think my seventeen stitches and the scar on my cheek that still hasn't completely faded almost thirty years later sucked a lot worse.

OP, please don't assume that because your dog has never been aggressive in the past that that will always be the case.  I'd hate for your 4-year to really have something to cry about if her dog has to be put down one day because it did something out of character while off leash. [/quote]

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