Stray/street dogs in Turkey

guess u re kidding

Hi and welcome on the forum ali1984

I didn't know about this problem but i hope that it's not as serious as you are saying! Maybe some members in the area will be able to tell us more about it.

Regards
Armand

There are stray dogs in parts of Turkey.

I, for example, live in Istanbul and my particular area has stray dogs. They are, however, extremely placid and often move out of the way for you. They are often sleeping in a doorway or lying on some grass...neyse. They aren't aggressive and they aren't scary

Thanks for the replies, Sam especially.  I have had too many bad experiences with dogs, and certainly most in my area (which are all pets) are very aggressive and scary.  It might actually help me with my phobia to be around dogs like those in Turkey if they are very timid as you say.  I guess they have to be nice to humans if they are strays because those are the ones who will bring them food.


And to the first reply, I wasn't kidding, I am just very apprehensive as I've seen how fast dogs temperaments can change, and I've been on the receiving end of some pretty scary things with dogs.

Dont worry about the dogs here they are peaceful

Hey,

I have the same phobia with dogs as well and to be honest, i would change the street if dog is ahead but here it is really peacefully and although it looks dangerous, it never tries to attack or even come to u, on contrary it is trying to avoid people, all street dogs here has labels hanged to their ears that it is vaccinated ..etc and it is enough proof not to run of them when u see one,..

I feel my dogs phobia started going away after few months in Istanbul, Good luck with ur settlement plans and if you take my word I would recommend Istanbul BIG TIME

Regards,
Sherif.