Fear of dogs is one of the common phobias. It can arise, both having good reasons (for example, a dog was bitten by a child in childhood), and for no apparent reason. Nevertheless, the fear of dogs will interfere with both the city and the villagers, because you can stumble upon the object of your phobia in any yard.
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Most often, fear of dogs arises from childhood. If you began to notice that your child began to be afraid of dogs and neighboring animals did not pounce on him or bite him, think about your methods of education. Perhaps either you yourself or someone from your loved ones told the child that dogs should not be approached, allegedly they are scary and can bite. Naturally, in such a situation a phobia may develop. To avoid this, think of other reasons for your child not to get into walking dogs. For example, say that the owner does not want strangers to pet his dog or that the dog does not like it.
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If you are already an accomplished adult who is afraid of dogs and wants to get rid of this fear, not everything is lost for you. Try talking to puppies. Often people are afraid of large adult dogs, but small puppies seem harmless to them. It will be best if there is a person among your friends who has recently got a dog. Go to visit him, watch the puppy play, stroke him. At one point, you will find that a funny lop-eared puppy has turned into an adult dog, and you are not at all afraid of it.
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Communicate with well-bred dogs and their adequate owners. When a person sees that the dog is unquestioningly following the owner’s commands, his fear is reduced that the animal may suddenly attack. You can come to the site where the dogs take general training courses (there are usually such in each area) and watch how the animals practice. This will clarify some of the features of your dog’s behavior and make it clear that not all dogs dream of lashing out at you and clinging to your leg.
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There is a pretty funny way to deal with fear of dogs. Walking past the strolling dogs, imagine that you are also a dog. Or a stool. Or a tray of ice cream. In general, any living creature or object that is not afraid of dogs. Dogs feel human fear and take advantage of this. But since the stool is not afraid of dogs, animals will not interest you.
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If the phobia does not go away, it makes sense to contact specialists. Dog fear is treated with the help of hypnosis, NLP, cognitive-behavioral therapy.