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My German Shepherd won't socialize with strangers. How can I help?

Updated On September 23rd, 2025

Pet's info: Dog | German Shepherd | Male | unneutered | 1 year and 4 months old

How to properly socialised German shepherds with other people as my dog has undergone training and is socialised with all my relatives but he never socialised and welcome any one new and takes a week or more to become good with that new person so is my dog is socialised or not ? Socialised means gel up with strangers immediately?

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Published on April 6th, 2017

Check out this fantastic website that has tons of free information about how to help socialize your dog and correct unwanted behaviors. This is Dr. Ian Dunbar's site, and he is a very respected veterinarian, dog behaviorist, and dog trainer. dogstardaily.com. Good luck!

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