Do dogs hate some people?

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I think dogs hate me.

When I enter the room, they bark at me.

They chase me down the street or at least did when I was a kid.

They run up to me at the park and leap on me and almost knock me over.

When I run away from them (cos f social norms) they chase me.

I'm terrified of them. I don't want to be knocked over. I don't like the feel of their claws in my thighs. I know they don't kill human adults but they kill human children sometimes. And I'm only 4"11 so it wouldn't be much of a stretch.

My cousin doesn't take my phobia seriously. She takes her dog's side rather than mine when her dog leaps on me. I push the dog off and cower backwards.

I know they love humans. But do they hate some people? Esp aspies who don't do human body language 'correctly'? Are they so attuned to human body language that they have become like neurotypical humans in figuring out who is 'normal' and who isn't?

I'm good at body language with my cat which is why we're so close. And cos she wouldn't be able to knock me over or hurt a human badly.

There are a number of theories about why dogs jump up on people; popular among these are dominance and greeting behaviors. The truth is, though, that your dog is probably jumping up to say, "Look at me!"

You might inadvertently be rewarding your dog for jumping up on you by giving it what it wants. As is often true of kids, negative attention may be better than no attention. Your dog doesn't necessarily realize that when you push it off or yell at it to get down that you're attempting to punish it. Instead, your pup may view your behavior as exactly what it's seeking: treasured attention from you.

Source: How to Stop Your Dog From Jumping Up

My dog is a little different. When someone new approaches, my dog will run around and try and find a stick or some other object to put in its mouth. He will then approach the person. He is trying to tell them. Do not be afraid of me. Look I have a stick in my mouth. I will not bite you.

Jumping is bad behaviour but also can be a greeting. Dog V4 does it sometimes and stretches out with his rough feet!

He can get nippy with certain visitors but does calm down.

I think if you were to meet him he'd let you stroke him and perhaps try and give you a kiss, he loves people.

A lot of h*m*ns may love their dogs, but they never seem to realize that dogs are carnivorous pack animals, that they see h*m*ns as members of their pack, and if the dog thinks they're the pack leader they can be aggressive and not their owner, they can be dangerous to people who have done nothing wrong. People like that are infuriating. They should be the ones put down when their dog attacks an innocent person, but all the h*m*ns say is "Oooo, my sweet little baby would never hurt anyone."

I have two large dogs that jump up to greet people.I understand that it is scary for people that don’t know them and also muddy paw prints on clean clothes.I honestly do my best to prevent this ,but sometime they still do it.
Some breeds seem worse about it, my lab ,mountain cur and the Walker/Shepherd never jump up.
The Aussie and Catahoula cur are the offenders.