When I was in High School, a friend told me that they got a Distemper shot for their dog so he wouldn't be " crabby".It seem think that she had no idea that Distemper is an infectious flu like disease and had nothing to do with behavior.I guess the "temper" part confused her.
A childhood belief about cats and dogs

others believed things like this
- I used to believe that all old people got the disease "OLD TIMERS DISEASE" Instead of alzheimers disease :D— MollyJohnson
- I used to think that Alzheimers disease was called Old Timers Disease.— Justin
- That Alzheimer's Disease was Old Timer's Disease.— Todd K
- When my friend told me her cat was moulting I thought she said melting. I was confused for a while.Anon
- I think lightning and thunder is caused by angels throwing temper tantrums Anon
- I used to believe that you got married right after you finished high school or college. Anon