My family has been raising guide dog puppies for the blind since I was a child. Our job was to take the puppy as early as it could leave it's mother and give them all of the basic training they would need: walking on lead, socialization, house training, etc. I used to take one of our puppies to high school. We would ride on the subway, be in math class, he would hang out under my seat in music classes. From this experience, I am very in tune with how dogs are feeling and their energy and I'm versed in most basic training methods, especially walking on lead. I get along with dogs very naturally. Over time, most dogs feel the sense of comfortability around me as I do around them.