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[quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous]My daughter was like this. It totally impacted her life. She missed birthday parties, play dates, sleepovers, and would freak out if we saw a dog walking down the street. We ended up actually getting a small dog when she was 9. She was on board with it, she thought it would be cute when she saw it in pictures, I think she liked the idea of it. It was probably only like 5 pounds when we got it, is now around 25 as a full grown adult. When we first got it, she was afraid of it, and at first, I wondered if it was actually a good idea. However, it was so small that overtime she became OK with it. It was like a stuffed animal that was alive. That was a few years ago… Now she has no fear of dogs. I would add that I would never do this to a child that wasn’t totally on board with it. My daughter was.[/quote]

My child is the same way, he misses play dates, birthday parties, all kinds of stuff because of his fear of dogs. It’s been a long time fear and frankly kind of debilitating. It’s gotten marginally better (in that he will be outside when dogs are near him on leashes but I have to be between him and the dog) but I feel for you, OP it’s a crappy situation to deal with. I wavered between just forcing him to face it and being sympathetic because he is truly terrified. We did get him on some anxiety meds because he was also having other signs of anxiety. They have helped somewhat but he’s still scared. I think it will be a long road unfortunately :( wishing you luck! [/quote]

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