Friendly Toward Strangers
Stranger-friendly dogs will greet guests with wagging tails and nuzzles; others are shy, indifferent, or even aggressive. However, no matter what the breed, a dog who was socialized and exposed to lots of different types, ages, sizes, and shapes of people as a puppy will respond better to strangers as an adult. Remember that even friendly dogs should stay on a good, strong leash like this one in public!
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Dog Breeds That Are Friendly To Strangers
Alaskan Malamute
American English Coonhound
American Eskimo Dog
American Foxhound
American Pit Bull Terrier
American Staffordshire Terrier
Basenji
Basset Hound
Beagle
Bearded Collie
Bedlington Terrier
Belgian Sheepdog
Bergamasco Sheepdog
Bernese Mountain Dog
Bichon Frise
Black and Tan Coonhound
Bloodhound
Bolognese
Borador
Border Collie
Border Terrier
Borzoi
Boston Terrier
Boxer
Braque du Bourbonnais
Brittany
Bull Terrier
Bulldog
Cairn Terrier
Cavalier King Charles Spaniel
Chinese Crested
Chinook
Cockapoo
Collie
Coton de Tulear
English Cocker Spaniel
English Setter
English Springer Spaniel
English Toy Spaniel
Field Spaniel
Finnish Lapphund
Flat-Coated Retriever
French Bulldog
French Spaniel
German Longhaired Pointer
German Shepherd Dog
Goldador
Golden Retriever
Goldendoodle
Great Dane
Greyhound
Harrier
Havanese
Ibizan Hound
Irish Red And White Setter
Irish Setter
Irish Water Spaniel
Irish Wolfhound
Italian Greyhound
Jack Russell Terrier
Japanese Chin
Keeshond
Kerry Blue Terrier
King Shepherd
Korean Jindo Dog
Labradoodle
Labrador Retriever
Lowchen
Maltipoo
Newfoundland
Norfolk Terrier
Northern Inuit Dog
Norwegian Elkhound
Norwegian Lundehund
Norwich Terrier
Nova Scotia Duck Tolling Retriever
Old English Sheepdog
Otterhound
Papillon
Patterdale Terrier
Pembroke Welsh Corgi
Petit Basset Griffon Vendéen
Pharaoh Hound
Pocket Beagle
Pointer
Poodle
Portuguese Podengo Pequeno
Portuguese Pointer
Pug
Puggle
Rat Terrier
Rottweiler
Saint Bernard
Samoyed
Scottish Deerhound
Scottish Terrier
Shetland Sheepdog
Shih Tzu
Shiloh Shepherd
Siberian Husky
Silken Windhound
Skye Terrier
Small Munsterlander Pointer
Soft Coated Wheaten Terrier
Spinone Italiano
Staffordshire Bull Terrier
Sussex Spaniel
Swedish Lapphund
Swedish Vallhund
Vizsla
Welsh Terrier
Whippet
Wirehaired Pointing Griffon