I kinda have the opposite thing going with my dog. She’s a fluffy standard poodle that looks like a sheep. People come up and immediately stick their hands in her face not realizing she had been badly abused by her shithead former owners and will bite defensively when grabbed at by strangers. We’ve only had her for 2 months and are slowly training her out of it, but it’s taking time and trust.
I kinda have the opposite thing going with my dog. She’s a fluffy standard poodle that looks like a sheep. People come up and immediately stick their hands in her face not realizing she had been badly abused by her shithead former owners and will bite defensively when grabbed at by strangers. We’ve only had her for 2 months and are slowly training her out of it, but it’s taking time and trust.
I’ve found that having a “nervous, do not pet” vest has helped. Thankfully, it seems to have worked well so far.