Reply To: Frum Jews and animals: why can't they get along together?

The real reason why frum Askenazi Jews are afraid of dogs is quite simple. In Europe during the Holocaust and even prior to the Holocaust, Jews were terrorized by dogs. The Nazi’s YMS used dogs to intimidtae and threaten them. So its genetic kind of. Even though today we thankfully do not have to endure what they went through, yet the fear of dogs was instilled in us by our parents and Grandparents and great grandparents.