there's a girl over by mister's house i've never spoken to who give her dog constant treats and doesn't look at me or mister like she's afraid even eye contact will set something bad off in her dog and i thought well she must have been told to do that by some manual or trainer while her dog gets used to focusing on her and not on her anxiety but that was a couple years ago and still she's doing it and the dog doesn't seem anxious but never gets to interact with other dogs or people and i want to know why is it the dog or the girl who's socially anxious and is she using the dog to distract herself from her own anxiety and as a social buffer? yesterday i saw her with the pointers playing ball by the kiddie lot and she started treating and hurrying by the outer path and the pointers didn't even take notice but i did and thought in this case she either can't tell that dogs off leash can be completely relaxed and one with their environment or she just didn't want her dog to see that dogs can be natural and free.