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[quote=Anonymous]If you know people with calm, we’ll behaved dogs, that’s place to start.  Go for a walk.  Allow DC to maintain space as she sees fit.  Larger, rinse, repeat, allowing her to get comfortable with this one dog.  Over time, give her more exposure to other dogs.

I would not get a dog, without her buy-in.  And I wouldn’t get a puppy, either.  Puppies are active, jumpy, nippy, and will try to be in her space.  An older, mellow, small breed dog would be far less intimidating.  I say this as someone that fosters lots of dogs, including puppies.  My DD, who is a huge animal lover has been made to cry by puppies because they jumped up and scratched her, ripped her favorite clothes, chewed her favorite shoes, etc.  Something like that would be horrible for someone that is already scared of dogs.  In our case, DD gets over it quickly.

As for a source, if you do choose to get a puppy, rescues also have them, and they grow up in foster homes, and get good care.  I have fostered puppies that were as small as 5 lbs. and as large as 25, and everything in between.  My next foster (I’m picking her up on Saturday), is about 14 lbs. at 12 weeks.  My last foster was adopted by a couple with two young children, and thriving in that environment.[/quote]

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