I don't know how else to explain this, but we've noticed when walking our dog that most strangers smile at him, pet him, cross the street to see him and adore him...yet almost anytime we pass anyone with an asian persuasion they give him a wide gerth, try to avoid eye contact with the dog, and rarely even acknowledge his presence?
Our dog is a really cute boxer/pomimo (pomeranian/eskimo) cross and only 4 months old, not mean spirited and instantly playful with zero signs of aggression. People, kids, other dogs all get along with him...except...with all due respect...asians.
At first I thought I was making it up. But after weeks of this type of thing happening I am really starting to wonder.
Can anyone shed light on this? I know some people just aren't dog people, but I am a bit surprised.
2007-02-13 06:11:17 · 6 answers · asked by symbo61 2 in Pets ➔ Dogs
I can't stress enough how I do not wish to convey any racial bias whatsoever. Yjis is just an observation for which I am seeking insight.
2007-02-13 06:13:10 · update #1
It's not your dog.The problem is that they are from countries where many loose dogs roam and with or without disease.These would be unpredictable in their behavior and it is a habit Asian people have acquired from either having lived there or one inbred into their culture and is in a sense a 'safety first' precaution.
They haven't yet grasped that our dogs are in the main healthy and trained.
By the way-it happens to us too.They're just not doggy people
2007-02-13 06:27:39 · answer #1 · answered by bearbrain 5 · 2⤊ 0⤋
I don't think we Americans realize how strange our closeness to our pet dogs looks to people from other countries. People in many other countries do not keep dogs inside because animals live outside and people live inside and that is just the way it is. The the other folks are right, in that many countries have packs of dogs that run wild and many dogs carry diseases and are not considered clean animals.
2007-02-13 11:55:22 · answer #2 · answered by Anonymous · 1⤊ 0⤋
you want to take your canines out of his territory to initiate socialising him with strangers, do no longer deliver the strangers in to what he considers his territory, as this to him is an invasion of what's his that he needs to guard. deliver him to a canines practise college, which will socialize him with unusual people and canines, which aren't any further on the fringe of his ecosystem. the tutorial college must be in a position to furnish you higher propose on the thanks to socialize him without him taking under consideration it as an invasion and he will ultimately initiate to bond with particular people. After awhile once you're smooth that your canines likes a particular individual sufficient and doesn’t educate any hostility in route of that individual in any respect, ought to a sluggish yet careful creation be done from outside the front gate (keep in suggestions it is his territory) - this can be a lengthy procedure and it is going to also remember upon how a lot your canines trusts that individual in his ecosystem. There will be different causes for his behaviour, which may be one in each and every of many stuff - lack of socialisation, territory (conserving what's his) or he would were teased or taunted through someone on the different aspect of the fence and he referred to this as a threat. (canines keep in suggestions they don’t ignore issues very rapidly) an incident like this would have brought about him to associate one plausible incident as threat, which he now needs to shield - pondering individual grow to be on the different aspect of the fence has determined that persons that he doesn’t understand that come from that aspect of the fence is a threat to him and he's basically protecting hostile to that - he will plausible want some practise with dissimilar patience and time.
2016-12-04 03:23:22 · answer #3 · answered by ? 4 · 0⤊ 0⤋
I was in Hong Kong once and they had dog on the menu of a fairly fancy restaurant. Maybe they don't like to be emotional about a potential meal? I'm guessing here....
2007-02-13 06:19:30 · answer #4 · answered by Anonymous · 1⤊ 0⤋
Orientals are strange. Maybe it's because they eat them or their home-countries have problems with illnesses or dog packs roaming or something like that.
2007-02-13 06:30:40 · answer #5 · answered by Anonymous · 1⤊ 0⤋
SIMPLE:
ASIANS, AMERICANS, AFRICANS, LATINOS, ETC=HUMANS
DOG, CATS, SNAKES, ETC=ANIMALS
Now did you get it?
2007-02-13 12:26:26 · answer #6 · answered by tuscanito 2 · 0⤊ 1⤋