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Dogs get a lot of info from other dogs facial cues, and dogs can struggle with darker faces to pick up on whether they are friendly or aggressive.
Similar with dogs with flat faces can get more grief as their faces hard for dogs to read.
DethBeard-
That’s interesting. I’ve known my dogs become reactive with other dogs as they matured. For example, Reggie used to play every morning with a Beagle who is the same age, but the last two occasions they met they didn’t get on at all. They are both threatened/challenged by the other and won’t tolerate him.
Markyboy
Odie has, all of a sudden, developed an issue with black dogs. Dogs who he’s been fine with previously now seem to make him scared and he’ll give them a wide berth.
I can’t think of a reason for it - he’s had no run-ins that could have caused it. Anyone have any similar experiences?