Has anyone heard of this problem with dogs? I think my dogs are racist!?

Question

My dogs do not like black people. I don't know why this is, and it is not in my head. I got them when they were about 3 months old. They are 8 months old now, and they do not like my boyfriend one bit! He is black. He has never mistreated the dogs at all.

Also - I had a stove and fridge delivered, and the delivery guys were black. The dogs went crazy.

Also - I took the dogs with me running errands; had to stop at a stop light. A couple of black people crossed the road behind the car and the dogs went crazy.

They are territorial but always settle down when I tell them to, but they will not settle down around black people. They are used to my boyfriend because he comes around a lot, but they still seem to hate him. He thinks it is the color - and says he knows of someone's Dobermans that do not like white people. I have never heard of racist dogs!

I'm not sure if it matters but they are Chows, both female from the same litter.

Answer 1

Dogs are suspicious of things they were not socialized to as a puppy.

Puppies that were only socialized with one race of people will look at other races with suspicion.

Dogs socialized with all types of people, meaning not only races, but men, women, children, young, old, handicapped, fit, heavy, etc will be well rounded and not have these problems.

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Answer 2

My oldest chi had a problem with skin color at one time. He didn't like black people and white men. I assumed he didn't like the men because dh is brown not black or white. The women.... well who knows. As a puppy I handed him to our apartment manager who was a black woman (who I liked and had talked before). He immediately started struggling, something he'd never done before.

However, we kept bringing him out and not letting him get away with it and today he is pretty friendly with most people. The only remaining hang up he has is hats. He doesn't trust people in hats.

Just keep working with them and they should get better.

BTW there is no abuse history in this dog by any group of people or from people with hats. I should know. I raised him from birth so nothing happened to him that I am not aware of.

Answer 3

I have heard of that before although it's not because the dog(s) are racist it is because the people look different or possibly the dog(s) remembers a bad experience regarding a black person.

It's generally the same thing with a dog that fears men, or a dog that fears the vet, etc. Your dogs just tend to be aggressive towards things that they fear whereas some dogs are submissive and timid.

Answer 4

good question - i read over answersa because i was curious as to why that was - the socialization thing is the key. My dogs are never around men or children. ACtually, it's really me and my mom. When men or children come around THEY GO CRAZY. there is no stopping them. When women come by, it takes them a little while to calm down, but they eventually do.

Answer 5

My dog Ruffie hates Asian men because she was beaten by one before they abandoned her half dead in our backyard about 11 years ago she was about 2 according to the vet and we still have her today and now she is 13 and as happy as can be until an Asian man comes then she turnes into a little devil she is a Golden Retriever, Chow, Australian shepherd, Nova Sctia Duck Tolling Retriever mix.

Answer 6

Missbcjones is most likely to be right: Your puppies were probably abused by a black person during the 3 months before you got them.

Answer 7

It depends on who was raising them during the 3 months of their lives.Some dogs don't like men in baseball caps because their previous owner wore a baseball cap and abused them. So it depends on their background.You usually see this common in rescue dogs. A black person tramuatized them at some point

Answer 8

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Answer 9

that happened where i used to live there was alot of aboriginals that lived in the bush across from our house and when they would come near our house he would go wild and start barking, but when someone white would come near our fence he was fine so i dont know what it is...maybe they have a different smell or something?

Answer 10

yah, sociaization is key. also color blindness may be a part of it. ur dogs are used to seeing things in a shade of grey. when ur boyfriend comes around he appears in a different shade of darkness that they don't recgnize