Apollo gets along with almost everyone. In general, he warms up to people and other dogs fairly quickly. Don't get me wrong, he's not careless - he's cautious. It takes a good few minutes for him to figure out if you're friend or foe, but once you're on his "nice" list... be prepared to have him sitting right up against you like best friends.
I'd like to claim responsibility and say that I'm proud to attribute his behavior to the conditioning he received while young. I did go out of my way to expose and socialize him with people - which is very important during those impressionable puppy years. He got a healthy dose of all shapes, sizes, breeds/races, and genders of both humans and dogs.
Now, he does have his "preferences" as do all of us. He dislikes Boxers and will bark at any that he sees as if they had just walked in his house and ate food right out of his dish. He also dislikes tall people. I can only imagine it's most likely because being only a foot off the ground, seeing someone that's 6-feet tall is the ratio/equivalent of us looking up at someone who stands 30-feet tall.
Wouldn't you be scared if a giant creature that stands three stories tall attempts to reach down and pet you on the head?
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