I took Piper to puppy classes at our local Petco. She was very interested in the other dogs yet she was also afraid of them. She would run to me wanting me to pick her up. If I didn't she would run to ANYBODY to pick her up. She wasn't stranger shy. All the other puppies were large breed dogs. German Shepperd, 2 Goldens, Boxer and Mastiff. I just assumed she was afraid of them because they were all 5 times bigger than her and they were all puppies and they pounced on her when they played. I would be scared too. Where I live there isn't any dog parks and there isn't any sidewalks and it's too dangerous to walk on narrow winding country roads so I'm not walking her where she can meet other adult dogs.
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