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[quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous]lol wut On the off chance you're serious... No. Dogs are not inherently racist. Dogs can/do respond to the emotional state of their people. So if you're scared of differently-melanated folx, and your dog picks up on that and barks, welp... But excusing your dog's bad behavior because you've convinced yourself they just don't like members of a certain race or other group is hot nonsense. Your dog is a dog. It doesn't get to dictate wants/likes/feelings toward humans. It can have them, and it should still be fully under your control and responsive to your commands. It's your job to train your dog to STFU and not bark. There are a limited handful of circumstances where your dog barking at a person might be acceptable: 1) An intruder in your home 2) A single "alert bark" to let you know someone is at the door (though most owners find this obnoxious and train dogs out of it) 3) A single "back off" bark if someone is encroaching on your space or the dog's space w/o consent 4) A growl or bark to protect its offspring (instinct gonna instinct). If your leashed dog is barking at humans, you have a owner error issue. Train your dog.[/quote] Np to your last comment. Training is good but you sometimes can't train it out of a dog. A dog should be allowed preferences as long as they don't act on them. [/quote] Barking is acting, and acting poorly-trained at that. It doesn't get preferences on who to bark at or when to bark. It barks, you train it to knock it the eff off unless cued/directed to bark at your command/training. You 100% can train reactive, unsolicited barking out of a dog. [/quote] I disagree. Barking is communication and all dogs bark. If someone came to your housr to rob it wouldn't you want 'unsolicited' barking?[/quote]
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