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03-12-2011, 05:37 PM
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Well, it's not really a racism thread but I couldn't resist! 
Seriously, I have recently become aware of a concept called "Black Dog Syndrome" that speaks to the difficulty of getting black dogs adopted. I previously had no clue until my wife and I started the process of adopting our Black Greyhound which we completed last week. As a part of my research on greyhounds, I came across a number of articles and websites that discuss this phenomenon. Quote: |
Originally Posted by Wikipedia Black dog bias is a veterinarian and animal shelter phenomenon in which black dogs are passed over for adoption in favor of lighter-colored animals. Although shelters disagree over the empirical basis for the bias, many take active measures to make black dogs more appealing.
Read more here: Black-dog bias - Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia | Here are a few more links that discuss it ... * Time Magazine: Do Black Dogs Face Discrimination? - TIME * Black Pearl Dogs: Black Dog Syndrome * The Black List: The Black List - Adopt a Black Greyhound
While neither me, nor any of these links is accusing anyone of Racism, I think this is something that folks need to be aware of as they consider their choice of dog.
Black dogs need love too! 
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03-12-2011, 07:22 PM
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03-12-2011, 09:57 PM
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03-13-2011, 07:50 AM
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Originally Posted by smperry  Picture of the greyhound please! I like them. | Marshall -
Check out my NDD thread from last week. Several pictures of our new guy in there : NDD! (New Dog Day)
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03-13-2011, 08:43 AM
| | Registered User | | Join Date: Sep 2007 Location: Haddon Heights, NJ | | | Perhaps because black dogs leave black hair all over the place, and lighter hair is not as noticed on lighter carpets? |
03-13-2011, 09:18 AM
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Originally Posted by smperry Picture of the greyhound please! I like them. | this!
i love greyhounds, but adopting a retired racing greyhound around here is harder than adopting a child |
03-13-2011, 09:23 AM
| | Registered User | | Join Date: Nov 2010 Location: Harrisburg PA | | | for me personally it goes by breed what color scheme i like. great danes i only like black ( i had one growing up.. nostalgia i guess).. greyhounds i like brindle spots on them.. or grey, or brown, or.. hell like all them.. my corgi was primarily black, i love rottweilers, i prefer a red phase pitbull, i like white poodles.. i prefer the look of a yellow lab over a chocolate or black lab.
sounds to me like people looking to much into something that really doesnt matter
but hey if you decide to get all racist against your greyhound, send him my way. |
03-13-2011, 11:01 AM
|  | Esteemed Nitpicker | | Join Date: Feb 2010 Location: A Galaxy Far, Far Away | | | A lot of it is old superstitions that are still lurking in our culture's unconscious. It's quite unfortunate. When my dad got a dog over the summer he made a point of getting a black one for this reason. |
03-13-2011, 11:39 AM
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03-13-2011, 11:42 AM
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03-13-2011, 11:48 AM
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Ooops, sorry, wrong black dog thread.
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03-13-2011, 11:53 AM
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03-13-2011, 11:57 AM
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03-13-2011, 12:01 PM
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OMGZ!!! kitty racism... 
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03-13-2011, 12:26 PM
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03-13-2011, 01:38 PM
| | no really, smokemeth&hailsatan | | Join Date: Dec 2005 Location: Pueblo, CO | | Quote:
Originally Posted by pacojas we have several cats on the ranch and our black cat is a loner. makes me think the other cats MAY be racists!
OMGZ!!! kitty racism... | LOL we have a black and orange cat that is quite the loner as well when it comes to the other cats. Except she's an evil sack of evil so it makes sense. |
03-13-2011, 01:52 PM
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03-13-2011, 02:10 PM
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In all seriousness, though. I've volunteered a lot around here and helped out a lot of small shelters with various things and the black cats always get adopted out last, or.. sadly, not at all. Some shelters try to not take in black kitties and dogs because they know they have a slim chance of being adopted out and don't want to end up having to bring them to the animal shelter and risk them being put down. It's really unfortunate. Though, i DO believe different colored cats have different general personalities. I've fostered enough of 'em. Heh. But anyway, it's good that people are spreading the word about the discrimination and I hope this changes peoples minds about black animals. ^_^
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