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Originally Posted by FirstYorkie

Yes, I think it's important in their doggy minds that they be able to escape, or at least back away. Without that, they can't indicate "hey, I'm not looking for a fight". Poor them, they don't realize that us ignorant humans can't always understand that language.

In your mom's case, if she really can't trust that he won't attack strangers, I'd probably encourage her to baby-gate him away until he calms down. If she feels that she must leash him, I'd encourage her to try to body-block between pup and people so that pup feels like she is running interference for him.

I'll PM ya, I don't wanna highjack the thread