Hopefully Chopper will quickly outgrow his fear of "strangers".

Not everyone knows it, but my Smokey arrived as a throw-away on our front porch
as an Abused Child with an irrational fear of all MEN - myself included.

Within a week, he had a short list of men-friends: Me, Unka Pat, and Doc Mike - end of list!
After a month, Fireman Donny and Pet Talker Mr. Ralph were added ...
and ever other of the male humans was to be feared and avoided.

It took over a year for Smokey to become trusting of "strange" men ...
and by age 3 he rarely showed any fear of strangers.
Let's hope Chopper warms up a little faster.