Lefty has barked at black and/or darker Hispanic men before, seemingly singling them out. It was fairly embarrassing because I didn't quite know what to say, but they didn't seem to take it personally. I've wondered if he didn't have a bad experience with a darker-skinned person.

The poodle we had when I was very young did not like blonde females. I hate to admit that it was my fault--I carried her upside down when I was little, and made her do "wheelbarrows."