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[quote=Anonymous]When I lived on Cap Hill in law school I had only one AA neighbor who was a holdout homeowner in a gentrifying neighborhood. I adopted a dog from the shelter when I was home in Maine and we went on lots of walks and to dog parks on Cap Hill because I had no garden. The first time the dog saw my AA neighbor out walking it became very reactive - the dog had never seen a black person and my neighbor was very dark completed. He was upset at first that the dog reacted to him and I was very apologetic and asked him if he would please help me to socialize my dog. I didn’t mention race and I honestly don’t know it that was exactly what set the dog off, because my neighbor was an elder and he walked differently so it could have been just that. He was nice to the dog and they became pals whenever we ran into each other.

Dogs have a socialization window in early life and often struggle with new things they haven’t encountered before that window closes. Even well socialized dogs will often react to strange new things in their environment; the other day I was in line at the Dunkin drive through and my almost 3 year old border collie  who almost never barks started barking frantically at a broom sitting in a milk crate left outside the back entrance of the building. Who knows? [/quote]

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