My daughters fear of dogs, please help?

Something may have happened, either with your dog, or with a neighbor's dog, or perhaps just something your daughter saw on television, which made her afraid of the dog all of a sudden. Try asking her why she is suddenly afraid of your dog. If the dog snapped at her once, explain that perhaps she was doing something to the dog - pulling her tail or ears, trying to ride her, playing too rough - that the dog didn't like and that was her way of saying "hey, stop", but that the dog loves her and wouldn't hurt her.

If an event happened with another dog, explain that the other dog could be bad but her dog is not - just like some people are bad and others aren't. If it was something she saw on TV or heard on the news about someone being mauled by a dog, explain that there is always more to the story than what you hear on TV, and that the person who was hurt probably did something very bad to the dog, and since she wouldn't hurt her dog, she doesn't have anything to worry about.

If she can't tell you what caused the fear of the dog, she could be trying to tell you something but can't. In other words, she could have projected her fear of someone or something else onto the dog because it makes it easier to deal with. Did one or more new humans come into her life around the time this fear started? Did some other traumatic event, not involving the dog, happen around this time?

My suggestion is, if she can't relate an event - in her own life or something dog-related she saw on TV - directly to your dog, or dogs in general, she should probably visit with a mental health professional. Something is going on with your little girl, and it needs to be addressed.

Good luck.

A dog bit me and I have always been scared of dogs so do the same thing that I did let you should have her stay by the dog for a little while or hold the dogs collar and tell her that it is ok to pet the dog and sooner or later she will be used to being around a dog!

Maybe she sow some movie about dog s or seen some other dog who scare her.....I don t know.....I have fear of dog s all my life....I know the reason....When I was young we have a dog in my ant place....And I love that dog...But one day someone (we don t know who) poisoning him....And I never love any dog 25 years....Just because I fear to have a some kind feelings about dog s and I don t know.....Maybe.....Maybe....

Ask her what is fear of.....Maybe not your dog at all...Maybe dog grab her doll or something like that....

did something happen to make her scared? try keeping the dog away from her a day or 2 then slowly bring her back around.

Get your daughter a puppy. I recomend a blue healer or a red healer. They won't get too big. That way she will adjust to it.

reintroduce them out of the house. is it a big dog? maybe that's what intimidates her....