Whoever was the originator of the "put you hand out to let a dog smell you" has done a major disservice to dogs and people for decades.⁣ ⁣ There have probably been thousands upon thousands of bites because of this poor advice over the last hundred years.⁣ ⁣ I can remember when I used to walk my big pack of dogs in Hoboken, NJ and people would regularly walk up to my packnof 10-15 dogs with their hand sticking out like they were doing some sort of zombie walk.⁣ ⁣ I even had mom's telling toddlers