Dogs an be strange.
Odin once liked other dogs.
At a vet’s office, an idiot with a red Golden Retriever sat right down next to us, despite the ample space elsewhere and his uncontrolled dog leaped across my husband, directly at me.
Naturally, Odin met him in mid-air and the moron [obviously a lib, based on clothes and wimpiness] then reeled his dog in.
From that day, Odin hated red, long haired dogs.
Then all long haired dogs.
Then any dog remotely resembling that dog.
As time passed, he apparently said “Screw it, play it safe” and hated all other dogs.
A Dobe owner friend, who spent thousands of dollars on her dog’s training as a service dog, had it all ruined when an unleashed dog attacked her dog in a park.
He became terrified of other dogs, often to the point of fear-aggression.
She had to start over.
He’s able to work now, at his job but 5 years of his working life was wasted, because of someone who did not control their own dog.
Yes, I don’t doubt it. Dogs all react differently to being bitten. I had one little one who got nailed by a couple of big dogs, and he was over it after a couple of days, but just didn’t want to go down that street anymore. I’ve had about 20 dogs in my life, every one of them different in significant ways when it comes to personality.