My neighbors (they live of the first floor, I live on the third floor
of a 3 floors building) own a 1 year old white and beige Australian
Sheppard. The dog knows me pretty well; he has seen me once or twice a
week since he has moved into the building. I was at my neighbor's
house this morning when the dog just jumped on me in a very aggressive
manner without any obvious reason. He grabbed my arm in his mouth but
he did not bite. I really don't see anything I did to provoke him (I
had my keys in my hands, I may have been doing some noise). The dog
just made a very sad growning then, 30 seconds after, he jumped on me.
I was shaken for 15 minutes after the attack (many of you might not
consider this an attack but I got scarred). This is the first time in
my life that I have a bit of a bad experience with a dog (I am a 36
years old women by the way).

I have nieces and nephews visiting me fairly often and I am wondering
if I should not let them play around that dog. Could he really be
dangerous? What could explain that behavior?

Any comments on this would be greatly appreciated.

Thank you!

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