The testimonial was written in feint blue biro that makes it difficult to reproduce without using an extremely high resolution and trebling the size of this e-book. So for convenience, the following is a transcript (word for word) of the above testimonial: "Ever since I was 13 years old I have been afraid of dogs after witnessing my 6 year old brother being mauled by one. Last year my son and I was attacked and was badly bitten, to save him from further injury I allowed the dog to continue biting me so that my son could escape. As a result, I was unable to enter a house, let alone a room, if a dog was present no matter the size or breed. Disregarding distance just a glimpse would send me in a state of panic. Sometimes for days I couldn't leave the house even to go to the park, my life was a living nightmare and all this fear I past on to my son, which made me feel very guilty. I met Robert Shields on my first day at College. I arrived eager to start until I realized there was a dog present and again the panic attack started. Robert took me aside and before I knew what was happening, my face still wet with tears, five minutes later I was laughing, stroking and cuddling the same dog I was so sure was going to kill me. I couldn't remember the feeling of being afraid and thanks to Robert I haven't experienced that fear again. Thank you Robert. Pauline Johnson"
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