This is just a picture I found. I did not take the photo. In today's class I learned...that I am scared of Great Danes. It kind of figures, since I'm scared of German Shepherds and just about anything bigger. I think it's because a) I've never owned a dog, so I'm still not 100% comfortable with them b) My Grandparents had a German Shepherd, Bach, when I was a kid, and she was nice but she would jump on me in excitement and knock me over, and c) I'm used to animals being small enough that I can just pick them up, and know that if they tried to hurt me or someone else, they couldn't really do much damage. It's annoying because I do like larger animals, like the Great Dane we had in class today, and I don't want to be scared of them! They're so awkwardly big and seem to have a lot of character.. I just feel so nervous around them and I can't help it. I hope experience will make that better. It was weird because the teacher said I really calmed the dog down, her heart rate went a lot slower while I was dealing with her, yet I was not feeling that calm at all. She also suggested I do some horse riding, which is...well...I'd like to try, but I'm scared of horses too.
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