It generally happens off lead, but when he is on lead he pulls to get to the stranger to say hello.

He is intact but I've been advised to wait to neuter him until he is 12 to 18 months old for various reasons. We have decided that just before Christmas probably wouldn't be a good time as we have my family to stay over for a while and it wouldn't be a good time for him to convalesce and get used to being nut free.

He doesn't see an awful lot of men as I am with him most of the time (I work from home) and he doesn't get to see my husband until the evening for a few hours. He sees my dad once in a while but all the rest of my family are girls.

Do dogs all go through a stage of being a bit apprehensive when they start to mature and their hormones are raging as I have spoken to several people with dogs of this age and they seem to do the same thing?