Bear!!!!

I love dogs. I absolutely love dogs. But I never had a dog before I moved to California in 1993 when my kids were 5 and 6 years old. I had always wanted a dog (and would have settled for a cat), but I think my mother was afraid of animals. She had never had a pet. So when I was a kid, all I had was a canary who died too soon, a couple of dime-store turtles (not sold anymore), and goldfish. At this point I have now had a basset hound, a maltese-shihtsu, and two chihuahuas. 

To tell you the truth, I was afraid of dogs when I was a kid. Back then there were no leash laws, and it seemed as if all the dogs were big mutts with some German Shepherd in them. I lived in a pretty urban neighborhood, where there were lots of  houses and no real land. Dogs used to just wander around, and you never knew which ones might not be friendly. And you never knew whom they belonged to.

Cynophobia – The fear of dogs.

There is a phobia for just about everything. Here are some phobias that apply to animals. Note that some phobias have multiple names, like the fear of cats, but I have just put one of the names here. See if you can guess which animal each phobia applies to. Some will be obvious; others not so much.

Here is the list of animals to use.Use each only once: mice, bats, tigers, sharks, bulls, cats, toads, elephants, shellfish, otters, amphibians, reptiles, horses, chickens, wild animals, birds, wolves, great mole rat, lions, animal fur or skins, fish, snakes

Agrizoophobia – 

Ailurophobia – 

Alektorophobia – 

Batrachophobia –

Bufonophobia – 

Chiroptophobia –

Doraphobia –

Equinophobia – 

Herpetophobia – 

Ichthyophobia – 

Leophobia – 

Lupophobia – 

Lutraphobia – 

Musophobia – 

Ophidiophobia –

Ornithophobia – 

Ostraconophobia – 

Pachydermophobia – 

Selachophobia – 

Taurophobia –

Tigriphobia – 

Zemmiphobia – 

 

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Agrizoophobia – The fear of wild animals.

Ailurophobia – The fear of cats

Alektorophobia – The fear of chickens

Batrachophobia – The fear of amphibians

Bufonophobia – The fear of toads

Chiroptophobia – The fear of bats

Doraphobia – The fear of fur or animal skins

Equinophobia – The fear of horses (of course)

Herpetophobia – The fear of reptiles

Ichthyophobia – The fear of fish

Leophobia – The fear of lions

Lupophobia – The fear of wolves

Lutraphobia – The fear of otters

Musophobia – The fear of mice

Ophidiophobia – The fear of snakes

Ornithophobia – The fear of birds

Ostraconophobia – The fear of shellfish

Pachydermophobia – The fear of elephants

Selachophobia – The fear of sharks

Taurophobia – The fear of bulls

Tigriphobia – The fear of tigers

Zemmiphobia – The great mole rat

And, oh, the fear of bears is  Arkoudaphobia.

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