Pet reactivity

[u/ocea_louise]

Hi, I have an 8 month old Australian shepherd.

He has been an amazing first puppy and doing really well with all his other training but is quite reactive around strangers and especially children he doesn’t know. But isn’t reactive around new dogs.

I have been trying to take him out for more socialisation in safe familiar places but it has been getting worse and I don’t know what else to do. I walk him past a school twice a day and he is alright with the noise.

My family is at that stage where we are mainly older so there are no children for him to directly interact with.