DD is almost 10 and a real animal lover. One of the things she loves is going to the local Greyhound Rescue with me and walking a dog or two at the weekend. We are both quite small and usually the charity are really good at matching us up with dogs and previously the dogs have always had muzzles on.
The second dog we were given today was described as "playful". We got 2/3 around the field and completely out of the blue, she goes for a DD. I'm talking full on growling, baring teeth, trying to bite her. Luckily, I had the dog on a really short lead as she had started jumping around and DD was far enough away that she didn't get attacked.
The dog did knock her though, which I think scared her.
DD walked back far enough away from us and I kept the dog on a really short lead. Told them when we got back what had happened and they seemed genuinely concerned, but surprised.
At the time DD said that she would go back again but tonight, when she's thought about it more, she says she does want to go back. Feel really awful that I've let her be in a position where she could have been attacked and now, she doesn't want to go back.