and now the hubby is all but demanding that we get a dog!
When he married me he knew I had cats and no dogs and he married me anyway so I have to rant now.
I know that he loves dogs and he has always had one but I have a very real fear of dogs. I was attacked at the age of 5 by a neighbors dog and came out of it with roughly 50 stitches to the face and head. I was running after a ball in my yard and it just came out of nowhere and grabbed me. Probably thought I was prey or something who knows. I have no ill will toward dogs at all, I'm simply really nervous around them. I know it was an isolated incident but it doesn't make me any less afraid. I love to watch videos of puppies and dogs but I find it so hard to be around one. I don't know if it's unfair of him to ask me to get over it or if it's unfair of me to deny him something that he really wants.
Question is have any of you guys ever overcame a fear of dogs "or anything for that matter" on your own?
When he married me he knew I had cats and no dogs and he married me anyway so I have to rant now.
I know that he loves dogs and he has always had one but I have a very real fear of dogs. I was attacked at the age of 5 by a neighbors dog and came out of it with roughly 50 stitches to the face and head. I was running after a ball in my yard and it just came out of nowhere and grabbed me. Probably thought I was prey or something who knows. I have no ill will toward dogs at all, I'm simply really nervous around them. I know it was an isolated incident but it doesn't make me any less afraid. I love to watch videos of puppies and dogs but I find it so hard to be around one. I don't know if it's unfair of him to ask me to get over it or if it's unfair of me to deny him something that he really wants.
Question is have any of you guys ever overcame a fear of dogs "or anything for that matter" on your own?