Rant!!!!

[pitc9]

That is sad!
The breed is the same no matter what color they are.

[cali]

the rescues are taking merles over a black and white? thats very odd, most rescues have a h*ll of a time trying to place merle BCs, black and whites are WAAYYY easier to adopt out then a merle...

[*LabLoverKEB*]

That's just awful! Kinda like how a lot of black dogs don't very often get adopted! How horrible.


DJFyrewolf- I would snatch up that beautiful Dobe in a hearbeat! I LOVE Dobies- any color!

[Tollers-n-Dobes]

That's strange, and you're right, not at all fair. I'd tend to think that blk/white would be more wanted and adopted out quicker, but reds are definitely getting to be more popular I've noticed. Colour popularity shouldn't matter though. I personally prefer reds and sables, but that doesn't mean I'm going to choose a dog based on colour if I wanted to adopt a BC. Are you sure they're purposely pulling reds and merles? Maybe lately the blacks just don't have nice enough temperaments or something?

[Twisterdog]

It is unfair and sad, no doubt.

However, it all comes down to supply and demand. It's a reality.

If a shelter or rescue has space for only three dogs, they would be wiser to take the three dogs that are most likely to find homes in a reasonable length of time. Given, of course, that they have good temperments, etc.

A simple mathmatical example ... if you pull three highly adoptable dogs from a kill shelter, and those dogs find homes in a week, then a week later you can go back to the kill shelter and pull three more adoptable dogs, etc. Therefore, in a year you have saved over 150 dogs from death.

OTOH, if you pull three dogs from the kill shelter the first week that are difficult to place ... size, color, breed, whatever ... they may not get adopted for months. Yes, you've eventually saved three dogs that would otherwise die. But, in the mean time, in the three months it took them to find homes, 36 other dogs died while the space was occupied. So, you might end up finding a home for twelve dogs instead of 150 during the course of a year.

[Riptide]

That's aweful It seems very unfair to adopt a dog just because one is "prettier" than the other. I agree with you completely. I hope the black & white doggie finds a home soon

[IRescue452]

Farmers used to, and some still do, cull any bc puppies who weren't black and white. It was thought the black and whites were better workers or something of the sort. Either way, that's the reason the other colors are not as common, and the reason they stand out at all- because the black and whites were chosen over them for the longest time. Personally, I'd pick the one with the best temperment.