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Fear
of strangers
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Stage
One
For one week:
Divide all of your dog’s food up into ten equal portions for each
meal. Feed him in the following manner:
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Put him on a lead and touch him all over quickly before offering him the
portion of food.
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Repeat again for each separate portion.
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Make sure that it is only yourself and your partner who does this for
the first week of the program.
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No other food is to be available for the duration of this program.
Stage
Two
For one week:
Repeat touching/handling procedures but now feed most of his food outside
the house on walks.
Reserve one
or two portions of food to use in the house in the following manner:
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When anyone that your dog knows well and is friendly towards enters the
house they are not to greet him at the front door.
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They should walk straight past him without saying a word and go straight
to where the food and toys are.
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They should get one portion of food and place it on the floor for him
to eat.
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It sometimes helps, if he is very friendly towards certain people to get
them to stroke him before giving him the food.
You should
also continue playing with a toy from this location whenever anyone enters
the house that he knows and is friendly towards.
Stage Three
For one week:
You can introduce him to people that he does not know quite as well both
inside and outside the house.
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Begin by chopping up any favorite food into tiny pieces and putting the
pieces into a container.
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Have a person approach and speak to you and your dog.
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Immediately begin feeding him pieces of the food, one piece every five
seconds until he is relaxed.
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Then have the person take hold of the lead and if possible walk him a
few paces away before returning to you. This person must still hold the
lead the whole time.
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When your dog is relaxed, then you can stop stroking him and let the other
person stroke and handle him.
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He is still being fed every five seconds.
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Continue until the food runs out.
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Repeat as many times as you can.
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