A simple trick can make a dog treat a stranger as their friend
If an unfamiliar person spends 15 minutes following a dog, it tends to follow them back in a possible sign of friendship
By Christa Lesté-Lasserre
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Pet dogs often keep stride with their owners, but that is rarely the case with strangers
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Many pet dogs are hesitant to warm up to strangers and can feel threatened if unknown people touch them or even look at them – but now researchers have found an easy way to make friends.
“It’s creating familiarity between the dog and the human, without having to touch or use toys or food, or even make eye contact,” says Angélique Lamontagne at Aix-Marseille University in France.
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