This is a footnote to my last reply. PLEASE do not try this with a strange dog/ dog you do not know.If the dog is an omega you will probably have no problem BUT if the dog is an alpha you may provoke an attack (staring down a dog is powerful chit).A case in point: I was working a hunt show for a club that I belong to , sitting on a chair at the table with my dog on lead and sitting by my side minding his own business while I was talking to a breeder from the states that came up for the show, out of the corner of my eye I noticed a guy walk up to my male and crouch down to eye level with my dog, within 2 min. the dog lunged at this bobo dragging me and the chair about 2 feet across the floor ( I weigh in at about 200 lbs.),he came within inches of rearranging bobos' face or worse. When I asked bobo what did you do to my dog, he said " didn' t do a thing " , I then asked him why did you try to stare my dog down, he said " wanted to see what he would do" .The person I was talking to looked at me then said to bobo " only an a$$hole would try to stare down someone elses dog" . As I said, powerful chit.