Talk:Cynophobia

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The fear of dogs is a natural emotion, because dogs are potentially dangerous. The abnormal fear of dogs, i.e., a specific phobia related to dogs, is called cynophobia.
The fear of potentially dangerous things is not a natural emotion.  Fire is potentially dangerous, if someone lights a match it shouldn't cause anxiety.  Further, cars are potentially extremely dangerous, yet it is considered abnormal to have a fear of travelling inside one.  Thus, I would say that the fear of dogs is not a natural emotion based on their potentially dangerous aspect.  Dogs are the oldest domesticated species and mankind has worked in unison with them since time immemorial, all fear would be bred out of most people through upbringing, especially of European descent.  Perhaps cultural interpretation of dogs should also be added?  Many people from African roots have a higher fear of dogs, where as people of Asian background are indifferent as most of us don't really have pets (or of the older generation ate a few :P).  But this is a really fascinating phobia and allows us a look not just at the irrational fear, but the culturally rational conceptuality of dog-human interrelations. 211.30.71.59 02:17, 22 February 2007 (UTC)
replies: text: I attempted to make things more neutral. mceder (u t c) 09:43, 3 March 2007 (UTC)
thread_title: Wtf?

message: I agree with this removal. It is not the job of an encyclopedia to give how-to manuals for things. Also, it is off topic as the article is about the fear of dogs, not dog safety. ((1 == 2) ? (('Stop') : ('Go')) 17:27, 3 October 2007 (UTC)
thread_title:  [[WP:NOT#HOWTO]] 

message: Fear of dogs is common, I suffer from it really bad. Dogs terrify me. It's an interesting subject and should have much more stuff in it. Knowitall (talk) 09:07, 24 May 2008 (UTC)
thread_title:  This article should be expanded 

message: I've been wondering for a while... are cynophobes also afraid of wolves? They're obviously very doglike in appearance and manner.  —Preceding unsigned comment added by 76.177.203.38 (talk) 23:42, 14 November 2008 (UTC)
replies: text:  I'm afraid of dogs, but not wolves. Then again, I've never encountered a wolf in the wild. I'm also not afraid of guide dogs for the blind either, but any other dog does scare me. 79.69.37.71 (talk) 17:24, 17 January 2009 (UTC)

text: Indeed, it's hardly irrational to be afraid of an animal that can do you serious harm, and dogs definitely fall into that category. Honestly, what's so special about fear of dogs that it gets its own entry? Why not fear of mosquitoes? --88.109.2.238 (talk) 19:58, 8 May 2009 (UTC)
thread_title:  ? 

message: Shouldn't the article be called Cynophobia. The name is more of a description of Cynophobia if you know what I mean--Spongefrog (talk) 19:27, 8 April 2009 (UTC)
thread_title:  Title 

message: In my experience I have never met a woman with a fear of dogs and I a Male am occasionaly so afraid of them I wil go ages out of my way to avoid it. Even if women get more animal fears I do not believe it to be true of dogs specificly and unless its dogs I do not feel it warrant inclusion in this artcile. --71.131.27.5 (talk) 16:12, 7 June 2009 (UTC)
thread_title:  more common in women 

message: The lead paragraph doesn't even say cynophobia is the fear of dogs. It can be only inferred through the explanation of the etymology. JIP | Talk 19:18, 27 July 2009 (UTC)
thread_title:  Lead paragraph 

message: I have cynophobia, and my brother has it too. My father is not afraid of dogs, but he does not like them. Does anyone know whether it is hereditary?  —Preceding unsigned comment added by 87.50.36.229 (talk) 13:52, 19 February 2010 (UTC)
replies: text: I've never heard any evidence of cynophobia being genetic; phobias generally develop due to environmental factors rather than genetic ones, as far as I am aware. -Giftiger wunsch (talk) 12:06, 19 April 2010 (UTC)
thread_title:  Is it hereditary? 

message: Fear of dogs is just an informal term for Cynophobia, so why hasn't it been merged already? I also note that the discussion page for fear of dogs redirects to the Cynophobia discussion page anyway. Sorry if I haven't proposed the merge properly, I don't often edit. --Giftiger wunsch (talk) 23:51, 9 April 2010 (UTC)
thread_title: Merge Fear of dogs with Cynophobia

message: The topics should be combined - and called "Fear of Dogs (Can.....)”   I would welcome the expansion of this topic to include a discussion of fear of specific breeds of dogs.  I have a fear, based upon experience, of certain small dog breeds.  I find them aggressive and generally nasty.  At the same time I have to cope with other peoples' fear of my dogs - male and female German Shepherds.  I believe if the the truth were told there are far more bites from some nasty small breeds, than the larger breeds.  But people don't call the cops when they are bitten by a miniature poodle - perhaps because it doesn't hurt as much as a bite by a German Shepherd.  —Preceding unsigned comment added by 75.71.238.209 (talk) 01:44, 20 November 2010 (UTC)
thread_title:  Fear of Certain Breeds of Dogs 

message: I'm afraid of dogs, it only started recently though, about a week ago, but it was random, my friends have a dog which I used to think was adorable. Now when I see it I want to leave. It might be because dogs are normally used for defensive purposes and if I see a dog then I assume it's going to protect its owner and basically trample me. Plus being around a dog long enough I learned dogs like to tear up things like fabric and cloth. It frightens me how much ease they do this with because a dog could easily injure somebody like me. Also I find dogs freaking insane sometimes, they like to jump on stuff and run around on it and not even the dog's owners seem to stop it. If I owned a dog I would feel different, and I'm not afraid of small dogs or puppies, but more so the super deadly ones like Pitbulls.  — Preceding unsigned comment added by 24.252.27.118 (talk) 03:28, 8 January 2014 (UTC)
thread_title:  Interesting 

message: The videos show a happy dog and a scared dog. This article is about fear OF dogs, not how dogs feel fear.
71.126.53.8 (talk) 17:31, 12 June 2015 (UTC)
thread_title:  Videos are for fear IN dogs 

message: This phobia, a specific phobia, can be quite severe.  Presenting pictures and videos of dogs here would be expected to cause readers with the phobia to react with panic, to a degree consistent with the level of suffering they, the afflicted, bear.
Forcing the reader to confront the fear by visiting the page is not reasonable.  Offering the reader images and videos is reasonable, provided that an adequate disclaimer is acknowledged by the reader before the presentation occurs.  — Preceding unsigned comment added by 173.66.8.188 (talk) 04:25, 14 January 2016 (UTC)
thread_title:  Images and Videos of Dogs should not be shown on the page 

message: Wikipedia article Cynophobia says Cynophobia is also very common among the Malays in Singapore. Malays in Singapore, Malaysia, Brunei, Thailand, Indonesia and Philipines are Muslims. Islam teach some rules about dogs like if lick by dog must wash hand few times. Many hundred years Malay culture become very scared dogs more than the Islam teaches. Same for Muslims cultures in other countrys. Question is cynophobia correct word for this dog fear in Muslim cultures but not Islam teaches? If yes then the article need to say more about it. --Curious Cat On Her Last Life (talk) 01:13, 17 January 2017 (UTC)
replies: text: This article is based on narrow-minded Western psychologists who view everything from a WEIRD (Western, educated, and from industrialized, rich, and democratic countries) perspective. Obviously, throughout the Global South, dogs are generally unpredictable semi-feral animals that simply co-exist with humans as scavengers, and are usually not well socialized to be non-aggressive with humans. "Cynophobia" is a rational fear that is the norm throughout most of the Global South (for example, India), where dog attacks cause thousands of annual deaths. — Stevey7788 (talk) 11:52, 22 September 2018 (UTC)
thread_title:  Cynophobia from culture 

message: Im scared murder them, the dogs 81.231.248.105 (talk) 13:17, 3 July 2022 (UTC)
thread_title:  Murder all dogs 

message: My freind has a dog and he tried to k1ll me 81.231.248.105 (talk) 13:18, 3 July 2022 (UTC)
thread_title:  Pixie 

message: The dogs chase me and f***ing try to mürder me 91.130.15.186 (talk) 13:51, 3 July 2022 (UTC)
thread_title:  This is why i am a cat person