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Anuke, the racist canine.

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Well.... it seems I am in posession of a racist dog. You see, my kelpie x ridgeback, (Anuke, her name is) has taken a liking to scaring the living shit out of some of the locals around here. Secretly, I know it's mean, but afterwards I cant help but laugh. Anyone that knows her would also know that she would never hurt a fly unless she is provoked, or if someone enters our property without permission or tries to hurt me or one of the boys, THEN she will attack. If she were a vicious dog she would bite and even growl at the boys when they are rock 'n roll wrestling with her, but instead most of the time she either sleeps through it if shes not in the mood for playing, or she will join in. In other words, yeah, I guess you could call her a guard dog, however Ive never had her trained as one, she is just protective of me and my family. So you can imagine the shock of his life this asian man got one time when he tried walking his ugly little white ball of fluff past my house, Anuke ran up to the fence and barked her warning. THEN Jaryd goes and opens the front gate and lets her out. OH MY GOD!!!! Off she runs after this little chinese man and his ball of fluff (oh yeah, she doesnt like yap yap dogs, she likes REAL dogs lol) and I had to run after her and get her and apologise profusely. I could have gotten into so much trouble for that in my posh stuck up neighbourhood. THEN as if that wasnt enough, I saw Nathen's best friends' mum walking his best friend to school as I was on my way home from walking to school (they live just down the road from us) I never knew that was his mum until yesterday, Nathen goes, "mum look thats Ahmed," Anyway Im getting off track again. So I was walking Anuke home from the school, and because I was almost home I took her off the leash as I quite often do as she likes to just walk beside me and she never runs off, but today she sees a woman wearing a Berka (sp??) and my guess is she's never seen one before and oh my god she tried to go her. It was just a threatening bark but holy shit it scared her (and me!!) as Anuke just isnt the type to attack someone. Not that she really did it was just a bark, but you know.... wow. how scary. I gave her a smack on the nose and apologised to Ahmeds mum but yeesh... Hope that never happens again, it only ever seems to be towards people of other races. She barked through the gate at an African guy that lives down the street too. Have any of you ever known a dog to be racist? And how the bloody hell do you fix it?

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cazza
July 4th | cazza
Re: Anuke, the racist canine.

Never heard of it,, My dog barks at fresh air so thats a worry as well..

Hope you get it sorted soon..

xx cazza



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kseers
July 2nd | kseers
Re: Anuke, the racist canine.

Dunno - maybe you just live in a neighbourhood with a lot of different cultures so you think it is racial?  Doesn't sound like it though.... 

My dog is a staffy cross ridgeback and people always comment to me about how scary she is - yet she is the most gentle, patient and affectionate dog.  Even the vet loves her and tells me what a great dog she is with such a lovely temperament.  Yet she barks at everything - especially since we moved - not in a nasty way, but it is annoying.  Now we have neighbours (didn't used to), she barks at them in their own yards, at their dogs, at people walking past, at cars driving past and it does get very embarassing.  Mind you she is getting old and blind, so that doesn't help.  Sorry I can't help much, but maybe ask your vet about behaviour training.  You don't want to teach her not to bark as you may need her to defend you one day - but barking only when she needs to is a different story.



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Arna
July 1st | Arna
Re: Anuke, the racist canine.

I'm going to leave this one alone.  Animal psychology is something I have a lot of experience with, but what I have learned is actually not very nice at all.  I want to keep friends, not make them feel as though I don't understand! lol.  But, if you do want to know, minti mail me!

Let's just put it down to your 4 legged baby trying to let the other people know that you are her property, regardless of you being there or not.  That is part of it.  Got that?  You belong to her! lol.



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Queen-Fire
July 1st | Queen-Fire
Re: Anuke, the racist canine.

Ok when i was a little girl we had a RottWeiler who hated Aboriginals and Drunks and especially Drunk Aboriginals. This is due to the fact that when she was a puppy she lived next to a pub and all the Drunk Aboriginals would stir up the dogs. As my dad didnt find out that she didnt like drunks til he came home drunk one night.

Is ther a Cause behind her racism? such as people wearing these clothes or of these cultures stirring her and her siblings up when they were puppy? Maybe try talking to a VET about tryin to get her trained not to bark at these ppl?



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      monyq83
July 1st | monyq83
Re: Anuke, the racist canine.

Its possible she was hurt by someone of another race. She has been to the pound twice before I got her. Im not really sure about her background but I can find out off the girl that gave her to me.



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monyq83
July 1st | monyq83
Re: Anuke, the racist canine.
Oh meant to say, I find it ironic that she is racist and her name is Egyptian rofl bet she hates the woman that named her for that lol.


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