So, my question is, if I see another dog coming towards us, or a stranger coming towards us outside, should I turn around and walk the other way? Like I said, I really think it's an anxiety/anxious /excitement type of bark. I'm honestly going to look into private trainers in my area. I kind of want to nip this in the butt while he's still young. ANOTHER thing that doesn't make sense, is when he was a puppy he absolutely loved strangers. He was one of those dogs that EVERYONE had to pet, and he wanted EVERYONE to pet him. I think his behavior started changing when he was around 9 months old. That's when he would start the barking at random dogs outside, or at strangers. I thought it was just a phase he would "grow out of" but I guess not.
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