--- In [email protected], lots of people have mentioned racist dogs...
If you look under the pictures for "Chatters Furkin," you'll see a picture of my beloved Kramer and Bubby in Annapolis. They're both ridiculously friendly dogs, but Kramer is wary of people wearing hooded sweatshirts, sunglasses and baseball caps. I don't wear hoodies, but I do wear baseball caps, and he always looks at me like weird. However, when he sees somebody wearing most of those items, he barks his balls off. He doesn't growl, but he's almost 80 pounds of pup with a loud, deep bark. And, lots of black, hispanic and teenaged folks tend to wear clothing combos like that...needless to say, I have to explain "just remove the shades or the hat, and he'll be fine." And, sure enough, once they take off something, Kramer's cool and happy again. I'm guessing it had something to do with his Pre-Ray year, before I got him from the SPCA. Maybe somebody hit him, or yelled at him, or he saw something - I do know he originally came from a rough neighborhood. *shrug* Dogs are weird, lovely creatures when they're allowed to be. - Ray
