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zhouhua00

Do you have a child that is afraid of dogs?

Dec 20, 2010 10:54

OK, this is my first post on the live journal. And I hope I can get a few answers.

I know many readers here are mothers. So let me tell you something that bothers me.

My son Joey, who is seven-year-old, is very afraid of dogs.

When he was born in 2003, we had a big hybrid German Shepard dog at home. Joey had absolute so problem with that, actually ( Read more... )

child afraid of dogs

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gwylliondream December 23 2010, 04:23:49 UTC

Hi Hua ( ... )

Happy holidays! zhouhua00 December 24 2010, 01:13:43 UTC

Hi Donna,

Wow, when I was in China many people don't like dogs, but here in the States it looks like every one is a dog-lover, so I am relieved to know that even in the States there are people who are afraid of dogs.

I borrowed a bunch of lovely dog books from the library, and I also purchased several dog movies. We will see if that would help Joey. LOL!

Happy holidays, Donna! Thank you for the reply, and for the wonderful 1692 thriller that brings me a lot of happiness!

Hua

ohiomyown December 26 2010, 15:35:38 UTC

Dear Hua, I have just now seen your post. I am glad you asked it here, seems lots of us have dogs or dog issues ( ... )

Happy holidays! zhouhua00 December 27 2010, 17:21:05 UTC

Dear Judy,

Thank you very much for your reply. Happy holidays!

We took Joey to the Xmas party at his cousin's house on the Xmas Day, and they have a three-month-old puppy. Yet it is fast, lousy, and barks a lot. His cousin kept it on the porch for most of the day, but then other kids wants to play with it so they let him in.

Joey was very nervous, and hid himself behind me or his daddy. It doesn't help when his cousin's child told Joey that the puppy actually bit his hand once...I guess the puppy is just playing, but it definitely scared Joey...Finally he hid in the cousin's child's room and the two kids play some new games together.

Afterwards I asked Joey to write a journal about the Xmas party, and he actually wrote 'I am afraid of the dog in my cousin's house'. So I guess there is still a long way to go for him to conquer his fear!

Hua

p.s. All my children ohiomyown December 26 2010, 15:45:02 UTC

No, I'm not going to write about a soap opera. ♥

All four of my children are grown, and all have dogs. Most are large dogs except the little beagle type one who had puppies yesterday. I laughingly tell people that I have more 'grand-dogs' than I have 'grand-children'.

Good luck solving this,
Judy