My husband's former bulldog went to work with him every day. For a while, he worked with a man from Nigeria, who would tease the dog all the time. My husband swears that from then on, Roxy did not like black men.
I don't think you can really call it "racist" ... dogs just associate certain characteristics with people who look or sound similar. I had a lizard who hated people who were wearing hats. My dog Pepper LOVES older women, but HATES children. Lucky loves and wants to go with anyone in a truck. I happen to know she used to belong to an over-the-road truck driver and went with him on his routes. If I didn't know that, though, I might think she just especially loved men, or people wearing baseball caps, etc.
"We give dogs the time we can spare, the space we can spare and the love we can spare. And in return, dogs give us their all. It's the best deal man has ever made" - M. Facklam
"We are raised to honor all the wrong explorers and discoverers - thieves planting flags, murderers carrying crosses. Let us at last praise the colonizers of dreams."- P.S. Beagle
"All that is gold does not glitter, Not all those who wander are lost; The old that is strong does not wither, Deep roots are not reached by the frost. From the ashes a fire shall be woken, A light from the shadows shall spring; Renewed shall be blade that was broken, The crownless again shall be king." - J.R.R. Tolkien
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