Animals who live in close proximity to humans have an amazing knack of knowing who is going to be kind to them. When I visited the pig farm with our daughter, several of the the sows came over to show us their piglets and had no problem with us picking them up. One look at the huge sows sent Jane running for her life. I will always remember the hot summer day when Christina was about 6 and she saw a huge German shepherd outside. She brought her into the house and gave her some water. A few minutes later, I found them both asleep on the patio lying side by side. Many people have an irrational fear of animals but unfortunately the animal senses it and can see it as a threat. This is sometimes where things can turn out badly..