My fear of dogs

Since I was a kid, I have always been traumatized of dogs whenever they are sitting somewhere or just barking and coming towards you. I recall a incident that happened to my brother when we were little kids which since then have turned me into some dog freaked being. In that event my brother was bitten by our neighbor's dog and he needed stitches. I was traumatized by that because I saw how much pain my brother had to endure because of that. I also used to never walk up to my house whenever I would see dogs on the street walking out of fear. In my native land, dogs were not treated as indoor pets but they were purchased as guard houses such that whenever someone would come, they would just bark or chase the person away. I still shiver just at the thought of it while typing. In Canada, the situation was a bit different in the sense that dogs are treated with much more respect and as part of the family and dogs are tamed. So when I go to someone's place and there is a dog, at first, there is nervosity and fear, but once I realize that the dog won't bite and that the dog is  used to me, then the fear vanishes. Yet, there are some dogs who just keep on barking and barking and with those ones I often ask the owner to restrain their dogs. Some owner's get actually insulted or pissed off because of that as they assume that everyone in the world loves dogs and is comfortable around them.

I forgive myself for allowing myself to fear dogs especially when they will come running towards me because I fear they will bite.
I forgive myself for allowing myself to fear dogs because I think of them as monsters and dangerous because they are out there to get me.
I forgive myself for allowing myself to hold on to the memory of when my brother was bitten by a dog and turn that incident into a fear factor, where now every time there is a dog around me I am overwhelmed with fear because I have linked that one incident to dogs just coming to get you.
I forgive myself for allowing myself to cry whenever there were dogs walking up and down my streets because I was traumatized that dogs would bite me.
I forgive myself for allowing myself to wish that owner's would just hold on to their dogs and not let them wander off out of fear of being attacked.
I forgive myself for allowing myself to be consumed with so much fear of dogs that just thinking of my past experience with them causes me to shiver.
I forgive myself for allowing myself to feeling angry that dogs are treated as houseguards as opposed to being tamed
I forgive myself for allowing myself to wish that I could just walk up a street without fearing dogs
I forgive myself for allowing myself to assume that every dog will bite and will cause a lot of pain and put toxins in your body.
I forgive myself for allowing myself to wish dogs did not bark at all because of all the noise they make and also their barks intimidate me.
I forgive myself for allowing myself to connect dogs to no more thieves as dogs were used to chase thieves away from the house.
I forgive myself for allowing myself to link the image of a dog sitting on the street as a mean dog who will come to chase me.
I forgive myself for allowing myself to fear pain caused by dog bites.

When and as I see myself thinking that dogs, especially stray dogs, are out there to chase and bite me, I stop and I breathe and I tell myself that if I fear dogs biting me, then I am creating more of that outcome. I tell myself that the worse that can happen is that the dog bites and then I can obtain medical treatment at a hospital or clinic. The next time I see a dog sitting or walking, I stop and I Breathe and stabilize myself with breath.