my father-in-law has a scary dog(demi-wolf) . I have to admit I am very afraid of dogs,even a puppy, and my wife often laughs at me about this. whenever this scary dog is trying to approach and sniff at me, I almost get a heart attack. 

my wife told me not to be nervous about it. it seems that the dog kinda likes me. I told my wife that I absolutely won't like the dog.