Dear Jackie, Logan, Carrie and Souraya,

Your responses have helped incredibly.

I have 2 days off of work this week which I am going to spend trying to acclimate my Furry Son into the world....one day I am going to take him to the park walking and another we will try to go to PetSmart for presents. Lots of treatys with me for reward too!

I think maybe my own fears of something happening to him have stopped his progress, which makes me sad. He is just so precious to me....

Carrie, I think you are right about if certain people have pets, wear perfume, etc., he barks. And certain people he will wag his tail at like crazy and roll over for tickles. I just realized that the people that he does not like haven't really taken the time to try to pet him the correct way, so I will educate them on this.

Sorry to go on so long, but it's so nice to know that there are other people out there that think of their dogs as little children, not just as a "dog", if you know what I mean.

Thank you again.

Jordan