YES!!!

THREE OF THE FOUR MY PUPS, I'VE HAD IN THIS LIFETIME WERE ATTACKED BY OTHER DOGS!

MY LAB-MIX, ADDIE, WAS ONLY ABOUT FOUR-MONTHS OLD WHEN SHE WAS ATTACKED. SHE WAS JUST A FRIGHTENED BABY GETTING USED TO LIVING IN A HOUSEHOLD WHERE NO ONE BEAT HER OR STARVED HER , NO WHERE NEAR A THREAT FOR ANY SANE DOG. SHE WAS ATTACKED BY A DOG ON A LEASH IN MY APARTMENT COMPLEX. LUCKILY, I NEVER SAW THAT DOG AGAIN. I HAD TO GET BABY ADDIE'S LEG STAPLED BACK TOGETHER. A YEAR LATER, THE FUR STILL HASN'T GROWN BACK. I FELT SO MAD AND GUILTY WHEN THIS HAPPENED. ADDIE USUALLY FOLLOWED AT MY HEALS (NO LEASH ). I WAS NEW TO THE AREA, AND HAD ONLY SEEN FRIENDLY DOGS IN THE DOGGY WALK YARD. I QUICKLY LEARNED MY LESSON. SWEET ADDIE STILL TRYS TO MEET EVERY DOG, WE COME ACROSS, BUT I NO LONGER LET HER SNIFF ANY DOGS I DON'T KNOW. I WAS A NIAVE DUMBY . NO LONGER.

NOW THAT I ALWAYS HAVE MY DOGS ON LEASHES, I HAVE TO WATCH OUT FOR THOSE DOGS THAT ARE NOT. ON MULTIPLE OCCASIONS MEAN DOGS HAVE COME UP TO US AND GROWLED AND SNAPPED. EVERYTIME, I GO OUTSIDE TO WALK MY DOG, I AM SCARED OF WHAT I'LL FIND. WHY CAN'T PEOPLE, ESPECIALLY THOSE LIVING IN CLOSE PROXIMITY TO OTHERS (IE APARTMENTS), SOCIALIZE/TRAIN THEIR DOGS TO NOT BITE ANYTHING THAT MOVES. MY FAMILY HAS NEVER HAD AN AGGRESSIVE DOG, BECAUSE WE HAVE TAUGHT THEM NOT TO BE. IT TAKES A LOT OF RESPONSIBLITY TO HAVE A DOG. IT IS TOO BAD THAT THOSE OF US WHO TRY TO TAKE CARE OF OUR PETS GET HURT BY IRRESPONSIBLE OWNER'S AND THEIR UNRULY PETS.