Hi Lee, Sorry to hear about your wife?s unpleasant experience and hope she is feeling better. Unfortunately, my partner and I match the description of the gay couple that you mention - apart from the fact that we have a terrier and not a white shepherd. We don?t want to be negatively stigmatised as a result of your post. Hopefully the dog walking community will not form a lynch mob every time they now see a mixed race gay couple! :)