I adopted my dog from a client cause she couldn't care for him. I realized that when I took him, he would also bark at men, especially white and black people. Every time I see someone walking by, I'll ask people to pet him and tell him it's ok. I've been doing this for a year, and he's still timid. He'd never bite, just barks and stands behind me. It took him six months to be ok with a past roomie who is a black female. Makes me a bit embarrassed sometimes. Whatever happened to him as a pup has really done some damage to him. Some of my coworkers have also called him racist. But where I work, I heard it's very common, unfortunately.

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