Fear Strike Syndrome is very common in many breeds.
Q: How do I know this?
A: My dad was an obedience trial judge for 30 years.
A dog with ANY symptoms of FSS is immediate ejection.
One of the reasons a judge does a pat down of the dog before starting is checking for FSS.
I’ve had close calls 4 times in my life just walking down the road.
A Rottweiler, a Great Dane and two mop terriers.
One of the terriers ran across a street to attack me.
I told the owner of the Rottweiler if I was packing, their dog would be dead.
So far I’ve never seen a Golden Retriever w FSS
I currently have 2 Goldens. One is pretty high strung with a light body frame. She hates noisy equipment, trash trucks, concrete trucks, dump trucks ect. She really tries to run from them. She never even threatens a bite however.
The other one is kind of an eggshell, extremely obedient, and may growl at another dog on occasion when they invade her space, but never a human.