Sheila learned years ago that the police are her friends. To this day, her entire body wiggles when she gets to meet a police officer. Given Charlie's background with animal control, I worried that he would be afraid of uniforms. I've gone out of my way over the last few months to ask every police office/firefighter/armed forces person I meet to pet Charlie. I explain his story, and they always seem glad to help.
With that background, Charlie was amazing today. We went outside as normal, but just as we did, an officer ran by (about 30 feet away) chasing a person on foot. My overly anxious, barky Charlie didn't even react. After the police caught the guy, they ended up about 100 ft from the house. Charlie did bark about 3 times when the person tried to get away and yelled. Then, nothing. We had 4 police cars, a crowd of people, and somebody under arrest, and he just "let it go". I was stunned. I really think he recognized the uniforms. I know for a fact that if that had been "normal" people running about, he would have lost it - full fledged lunging/barking.
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