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Several years ago on a camping trip. I was walking my 17 lb yorkie girl, I saw a HUGE Husky playing Frisbee with the owner and a couple other guys, cars blocked my vision but I kept my eye on that Husky, because of the cars I lost track of that dog, the next thing I hear is SCREAMING, it was MY DOG, this Husky came behind my back to sniff my dog startled my dog who was then on her back in a submissive position SCREAMING out of fear, I swept her up,turned my back to this Husky who still wanted to sniff my dog, my dog is still SCREAMING, and I am screaming someone get this dog. That camp ground you HAD to keep dogs on leash. My dog was traumatized. The owner comes to get his dog saying the dog is friendly, my dog is still SCREAMING, I tell the guy I don't give a F what your dog is, look at my dog, she is traumatized, my dog does not know yours is friendly all the time my girl is shaking and SCREAMING. I walked about 200 feet away to a picnic table all the time my dog is SCREAMING and shaking, 15 minutes later I finely got her calm, she was never the same after that. All the walks we had she always looked several times behind her. This insane screaming could have set that Husky into attack mode, thank god I swept her up as fast as I did. She was appox. 4 yo when this happened she left me at 17 yo, but she never forgot and always looked behind her on every walk we ever took. People don't realize, they may have the friendliest dog in the world, but strange little dogs don't know this and may have the same reaction my dog had, the fear my dog showed and her SCREAMING could send a friendly dog into attack mode. After that incident when ever I saw a BIG dog I would cross the street stand behind a car out of view and pick my girl up until that dog past us. I never wanted to see her traumatized like that again, however, we did have another incident 2 years later here where I live with a HUGE Belgium Shepard, same reaction, big reason why I HATE to walk Cody here.