Walking around the neighborhood with her and her owner, I enlisted three dog-loving men to help us by throwing treats for her as they walked by. The goal was for her to learn that approaching unfamiliar men are not only safe, they are the bearers of yummy treats. Even though I’d explained what we needed them to do, each man took the treat in his hand and, instead of throwing it toward Mitsy, tried to walk right up to her, then bent forward toward her face, and reached out his hand to try to give her the treat. The third man I asked didn’t just lean toward her, he sort of fell toward her.
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