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My dog is overly friendly with strangers. How can I manage this?

Updated On September 23rd, 2025

Pet's info: Dog | Mixed Breed | Male | unneutered | 7 months and 10 days old

My dog billyis just too friendly to everyone and i don't like it How can i make he to be a little bit aggressive to strangers?

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Answered By Dr. Melanie, BVSc MS

Veterinarian

Published on August 13th, 2019

We cannot recommend doing this, and no expert on this site will give advice on how to do it. If Billy is aggressive to strangers, he could bite and severely hurt someone, potentially even kill them. This is an unethical thing to do, and we cannot advise or recommend on doing this.

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