My niece, when she was about 5 years old, went up to greet a dog sitting on the steps near the sidewalk.
I took 60 some stitches to put her face back together.
She still doesn’t like dogs 37 years later.
I had a miniature dobie hit me in the throat when I was little. Scared the bejeezus out of me but I eventually got over it.
When I was about 7 the neighbor’s dauchson (sp?) Bit my left cheek in two. Luckily they had a plastic surgeon on call & he did a miraculous job.I understand her fear, but I strangely have zero fear of dogs. It’s a traumatic event for a kid.