Features June 2018 Issue

Maegan White’s boykin spaniel Maui (on the floor) is as friendly as can be. But English springer spaniel Dexter (on the couch) barks and growls, although “never at white people,” she says.ÂÂÂÂÂ
My Dog is Racist, and I’m Mortified!
What it means — and what to do — if your pet seems to have an antipathy for people of races other than your own.
Alabama-native Maegan White loves traveling with her husband and their dogs, Maui and Dexter. Maui, the couple’s boykin spaniel, is so friendly that he helped neighbors from India overcome their fear of dogs and even adopt one of their own.
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