Skinner is quite devoted to me, but will abandon me in a moment to anyone with a treat. A complete stranger who opens the car door and asks him if he wants to go for a ride would have Skinner forever. On the rare occasions when he doesn't like someone I know there is something up there.
Xander ,'Empty Places'
Natter 78: I might need to watch some Buffy for inspiration
Off-topic discussion. Wanna talk about corsets, duct tape, butt kicking, or physics? This is the place. Detailed discussion of any current-season TV must be whitefonted.
CB doesn’t like everyone unreservedly, and she’s often shy when someone first meets her (especially kids and men) but she has a bunch of people she likes as much if not more than, us.
Askye, sitting quietly and ignoring the dog and letting her approach might work. And, like others said, giving her food (can you ask M’s mom to let you handle feeding her for a few days, maybe?)
My weird anxiety dream was that I was the show runner on a new Star Trek series, but I had no concept for the series. But I distinctly remember wanting to really sell Luxury Gay Space Communism
Gee, I wonder why everyone seems to be having stress dreams...