I've had numerous people afraid of Oz and Gully. Oz, I think, because of size and the blue eyes. Gully, I think, also because of size and he's got bi-eyes, that are kind of small and shifty looking. Plus, he's got a tendency to bark at people, if they're approaching from a distance.

I can't remember anybody being afraid of Murph. I think because he's small, with light coloring and a continually wagging tail.

Normally people weren't afraid of Maddie either, but every once in awhile we'd happen upon somebody who was afraid of her. Maybe because of her dark coloring. I had a cable guy, about jump out of his skin, when he walked in my bedroom and *gasp* she was loose on the bed. Her tail was wagging a mile a minute at him, yet he still asked if she'd bite. I told him she might lick him to death and also that she was blind and wasn't going to jump off the bed. But he still kept looking over his shoulder nervously at her, so I finally put her on the couch out in the den away from him.

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