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Adam England

If your dog’s wary of strangers, trainer shares the one thing you should stop doing –and it really surprised us!

Dog lying on hardwood floor.

Every dog parent wants their pup to get on well with other people, be they friends and family members or people you meet out and about. However, some dogs can be reactive toward strangers.

Something we often do, when it comes to dogs who aren’t quite sure about new people, is let them approach our dogs and feed them some of the best dog treats or try to pet them – the logic being that the dogs will get used to them.

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