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Originally Posted by FireFly
The worst part of adults being scared of dogs is their transferring that fear to their children. Dogs can sense your fear and if you teach your children to be afraid of them, they are more succeptible to attack themselves. I see this every day when i walk my little Boston Terrier up in Saddletown. Astrid is a curious and friendly dog and wants to make friends with everyone; children, parents, other dogs, squirrels, cats, she doesn't care. But when people start tripping over themselves to get off the sidewalk to avoid her, it just makes her more curious about them. She will stretch out her leash as far as possible to get as close as possible to people who purposely avoid her. If people just walk by, she ignores them.
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You have it backwards.
People don't have to modify their behavior to accommodate the curiosity of your dog. If they don't want to be near your dog, and you can apparently tell when this is the case, don't let the dog get to the end of its leash to get near them. That's how it works.
Some people don't like dogs. Some people are scared of dogs. Some people are allergic to dogs. You're not going to change that. As cute and curious as little Astrid may be, the people are more important.