I have a dog phobia

I have a dog phobia
On 18th evening when I left from office after a long and tiring day at work I was greeted by a very affectionate street dog just outside my office entrance. As soon as the dog came to me I screamed “somebody help me, take this dog away!” but the dog did not seem to understand that and came more closer to me. Few of my office colleagues were passing by and instead of helping me they just teased me and drove way. I was so scared that now I wanted to scream my lungs out but thanks to a watchman who came to my rescue and diverted the dog’s attention away from me. I fled the sight the minute the dog looked the other side and did not even wait to thank that man.

The whole instance was so funny that I kept laughing the entire time on my way home. I wasn’t so petrified by dogs ever in my life until some time back my boyfriend’s dog, Tipu bit me. This incident happened couple of months back when I went to visit my boyfriend at his home. In the beginning his dog sniffed my hand and then sat beside me. He’s always been a friendly dog and I began playing with him. A queer quality about Tipu is that he doesn’t like anyone touching his tail. Of course, I was unaware of this fact. While playing with him, I accidentally happened to touch his tail. He immediately pounced on me and bit my hand. By the time my boy-friend could come to my rescue Tipu had already bitten me.

Since that day I have developed a dog phobia and I don’t even dare to pass by a dog. But the dogs in Mumbai are unaware of my phobia and so land up chasing me every second day on
Mumbai streets.