a_natural_beauty

I've gotten bit by several dogs over the years. One is enough I say! But it's been a few and now I have sort of a phobia of aggressive dogs.
It first started years ago when I was a home health aide and I was at a coworkers Christmas party. It was a mansion of a home and I had trouble finding the bathroom. No one knew exactly where it was and I went down a hallway knowing it was in one of about 4 doors. The first door was the laundry room. I opened the door with my right hand there was a dog in it and as I closed the door it lunged at me, biting my left hand/wrist. Sadly blood got all over the place and they had a beautiful home with white walls & floors! Luckily the husband and wife were a nurse and a doctor so they wrapped up and elevated my wrist/hand. It was my first time going in an ambulance. It took a few of those stiches that were like a band aide and came off over time... the name is escaping me! But after using those for a few days/a week or two it healed up nicely. the couple took care of my medical bills. Nothing happened to that dog, which in all honesty it wasn't the dogs fault. There was a-lot going on that evening and a-lot of people and noises so I think the dog was just confused and nervous. I learned a lesson that night - as well as everyone else who was there.

But after that experience after I would see or be around an aggressive dog I would get nervous myself. And this was a bad habit of mine because the dog would usually feed off of it. Most of the other times I have gotten bit or snapped at were while I was working as a home health aide and being in homes/yards with aggressive dogs. One other time I can recall that my skin was broken but luckily I didn't bleed from it, just had a nasty wound for a few days till it healed. Even when I see aggressive dogs in movies or shows - or even hear them in real life without knowing at first where the barking/growling is coming from - I fill with fear.