I encourage Max to meet every dog we run into on walks big or small. He seems to only bark at dogs that are really excited and jumping around. I just take my finger and tap him on his back and say no barking. It kind of snaps him out of it. I practice with my friends with treats to sit for visitors to pet him. So when we come across people on our walks, I ask him to sit so he can be petted. He loves the attention. If it's an excited child though, he feeds off their excitement and won't listen to me.
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