On the one hand, I used to be afraid of dogs until about four or five years ago, due to being attacked by one as a child, and I have a phobia (of something else, which I never specify in part because I don't want people engaging in amateur exposure therapy on me) so I am tempted to write a defense of people having a right to their fears. On the other, service dogs have always been an exception to that fear as soon as I learned about them, because service dogs are so well trained. They are the least likely dogs to leap on people, lick them, bite them, etc, which are what I feared from dogs.
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Heh. I had two conflicting responses to this.
On the one hand, I used to be afraid of dogs until about four or five years ago, due to being attacked by one as a child, and I have a phobia (of something else, which I never specify in part because I don't want people engaging in amateur exposure therapy on me) so I am tempted to write a defense of people having a right to their fears. On the other, service dogs have always been an exception to that fear as soon as I learned about them, because service dogs are so well trained. They are the least likely dogs to leap on people, lick them, bite them, etc, which are what I feared from dogs.