Heard the one about Racist Dogs in Wales

Yes, I had a dog who didn't like moustaches, and was wary of black people, until I got a few of my black mates to come and give him some attention, so he could get used to them (live in a very white area), and then he was fine!

The thing is, this kind of measure is likely just going to make matters worse is it not? People are going to be put out they can't walk their dogs in X beauty spot, blame it X community, and it's not going to be good for anyone!

I'll never understand why, increasingly, the solution to inclusion and diversity seems to be greater levels of segregation.

My dog says he has lots of black friends (such as next door's labrador) so he can't be racist. And he indentifies as human...

Also I have noticed that the percentage of people scared of dogs that aren't white compared to those that are white is higher. People unfortunately that act scared of dogs are more likely to make the dog reactive as a dog picks up on the fear and thinks something scary is going on.

I assumed it was because muslims think dogs are dirty (I may have got the detail wrong) and therefore in some people's mind, dogs are a racist issue. I noticed that the government were careful not to explain why dogs are racist, unless I missed that bit. I think it's probably all come about because of the large number of dogs wandering the Welsh countryside called Alf Garnett and Bernard Manning.

We have had loads of dogs and two of them have definitely been racist.
It is very embarrassing we managed to train it out of one of them but the other one we were quite new dog owners and she had been a rescue so it was quite embedded.

It's not because the dog is racist but dogs are they perceptive to small differences for example we had one dog that hated people wearing hoods fine with them wearing hats.

Wales is in many places 100% white. Some dogs might react more to people that look different. Furthermore if owners are racist or prejudice and respond slightly differently to people of colour the dogs will recognise that and react.

the total opposite of cultural integration then

unless it’s brits integrating into an Islamic society which seems to be the general direction of travel

See this is the sort of thing that pisses me off. Non white = not a monolith.

I JUST got back from a break with the dogs in Anglesey ironically. Many people in my family (British Indian Sikhs) have dogs.

We are in the UK. We are an animal loving country. For goodness sake! I didn’t go to Dubai and get upset I couldn’t get a bacon sarnie. Or wear shorts in the 45c temperature.

They're not saying the dogs are racist.

They are bonkers but not bonkers in the way you imply.

So, they're doing it because of a single woman?

I'm a dog owner, and I absolutely don't have a problem With creating dog-free zones (as long as you leave us some spaces where we can walk our dogs,) but to link it with racism seems truly bizarre to me!

https://www.msn.com/en-xl/news/other/wales-told-to-make-dog-free-areas-to-make-outdoors-less-racist/ar-AA1u2VIX

"In a report to the Welsh government, Climate Cymru BAME has advised that dog-free zones should be created to make local green spaces more inclusive. "

"It added that during one of its focus groups, 'one black African female stated that she feels unsafe with the presence of dogs'."

Is this because some Muslims don't like dogs? If not, then I have no clue. Seems bonkers!

I think this will end up[ being counter-productive because if there's one thing British people love (MN aside) it's their pets!