When we first got Molly, she was not very sociable-with other dogs, or people. We had been told by the shelter that she had been chained up outside all the time. Now, over 8 years later and everyone in the neighborhood knows her name, even some who don't know mine! Plus she has some doggy best friends as well. She has a couple of neighbors who see her coming and hurry to get their treats ready for her. And she knows the houses where they live and will run up their driveways when she sees their garage doors are open! One of our neighbors doesn't even have a dog and buys Molly her treats special. She does have to work a bit for her treats. She will sit promptly and give one paw, then the other, and then back again with the first paw. She wants to please, and she sure wants that treat!