I used to believe that if a dog barked that the dog had rabies, (this was after I watched 'Old Yeller'). Every time my dog so much as opened her mouth, I would run, screaming, for the room. That just made it worse, because my dog is a herding dog, and would playfully chase me.. Finally, my mom told me that when a dog foamed at the mouth it had rabies, not if the dog barked.
A childhood belief about cats and dogs

others believed things like this
- i used to believe that if you got barked at by a dog you would die in 45 days— woza
- i used to belive that when the doctor opened his mouth and went aaaaaa i thought he was trying to eat me.— matt
- I used to belive that if i put my foot in my mouth, I would get foot-and-mouth illness— Emily Sathrota
- I used to believe that if you told a lie, Dragonflies will come and sew your mouth shut. For real.— Casey
- I was told that if one doesn't cover their mouth when yawning that their soul would escape.Anon
- i used to beleive that if you chewed gum it woul give you warts in your mouth my sister told me this— sunney jim of the pearl