Last Thanksgiving we had my brother-in-law over, and Henry absolutely hated him. It was horrible, and I've never seen a dog react so negatively to a person before in my life. Anyway, I haven't had any guests come to our house since then, and I'm not positive if it was true territorial aggression or just a severe negative reaction to my brother-in-law, who is very large (over 300 lbs) and has Asperger's syndrome. I know that dogs can sometimes be sensitive to humans who are different in some way. Anyway, on Memorial Day weekend, I have a friend coming to visit for a few days. Do any of you have any suggestions for introducing her to Henry? I have asked her to wear a t-shirt and then mail it to me ahead of time so that I can let him smell her scent with some positive reinforcement beforehand. As silly as it sounds, I was thinking of also letting her out of the car at the end of our street and bringing Henry to meet her on neutral territory and us all walking to the house together. She doesn't have any pets, which is both good and bad. Good because no scent, bad because she isn't used to dogs and how to act around them. Man, I just don't want a whole weekend like the one we had over Thanksgiving. We had to keep Henry locked in our bedroom the whole time except to let him out, and he even went nuts when he heard my brother-in-laws voice through the walls. My nerves have never been so frayed. (I actually spent a lot of time in the bedroom, too, and let my husband entertain his brother by himself...wouln't you???)

You're absolutely right. I have been crating him to get him used to his crate again since I read the responses to this post. Thank you so much for suggesting the crate, too. I do have his crate in my office at home, and he goes in there by himself, but I hadn't closed him up in there in a long time until today. He did pretty good with a Greenie, but I didn't keep him in there too long. Tomorrow when I'm working, he'll go in there for a little longer, with a treat, of course! The crate is now his special place to get a treat.

I will let you know how it goes