When I was eight years old, I went to ballet lessons every Monday evening with my friends.

We often gathered on the square under the building where we have the lessons. One day, when I
was waiting for my friends, I spotted a little dog running in my direction. I was so frightened that I
started to run away, totally forgetting that my parents have always told me about dogs getting
more excited when they saw running figures. While I was desperately staring back at the delirium
ball of fur from time to time, my friends saw me and started to shout to me that I should stop
running. So I stopped. Luckily, the dog also stopped, stared at me for a little while, and then
walked away out of boredom, leaving me shivering.
So why do dogs keep chasing? To seek the answer, I searched some information online. Dogs
have the natural desire for hunting. If they chase you, they’re probably protecting their “territory”.
If you run away from it, it will take it as a sign of surrender. When dogs chase hard-to-catch
objects, they feel busy and excited. Or sometimes for the opposite reason, they chase out of fear,
and they feel that by barking and chasing, the things that scare them will disappear.
So next time when you are frightened by a running dog, relax and walk away. Don’t give it
the impression that you are its prey.