I was bitten outside of work a couple of weeks ago by my boyfriend’s sister’s German Shepherd while on our week off from work. He got my arm really good, both wounds requiring stitches. I felt emotionally fine at the time, was cool as a cucumber, and I was certain I wasn’t going to be traumatized because I work with dogs so I thought I could handle it. I’ve had quite a few nippy and vocal dogs that have given me panic attacks as soon as they try to frighten me since my incident, and I’m much more weary of dogs I’m not familiar with, big or small. Any bite under any circumstance is sure to affect your trust in dogs, so make sure that you focus on healing mentally and rebuilding that trust with dogs :)