Rant!!!!

[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.

[BC_MoM]

What really blows my mind is that these are RESCUERS. If our fellow rescuers are like this, what can we expect from the world?

[cali]

I am still curious about the rescuers taking merle over black and white, I mean here is a quote from a BC rescue herself:

I can place a traditional looking dog with issues up the wazoo a lot faster than a perfectly stable merle border collie.

and severl BC rescue folks agree'd that they have a very difficult time trying to place merle BCs because people want the tradistional black and white..

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.

your history is a little off here, there are not many coloured BCs because the genes are recessive, so if you are breeding only for working ability the chanced of puting 2 dogs together that carry the recessives are pretty slim. farmers didnt need to cull cooured pupsbecause it was very rare to get them in the first place. then there is the probability that of one coloured pup in the litter growing up to be breeding worthy. when their are 8 pups in a litter and say only 1-2 of then grow up to be breeding worthy and only oe of those pups is coloured, the odds are not in favor of the coloured pup going on to be bred. what farmers culled were the dogs that couldnt do the work, coloured or not. thats not to say their isnt a bias toward black and white dogs, there is, but that not WHY there is so few coloured BCs.

[Lori Jordan]

It is very frustrating to breeders im sure....As you know i have two traditional Black and Whites,To be 100% honest i have been looking for a red for a long time now,But you are right The reds are spoken for before there even born it seems.

But on the same page,alot of people want what they want,And Reds seem to be it these days,Regardless in Maggy's littler there was a red i wanted her so badly,I never even took a second look at maggy she was coward in the corner not wanting any attention,(the red pup)was right over to me and wanting all attention,But Hubby seen Maggy and that was it she was the one!

And to this day 4 years after,she hardly comes to me she is a one person dog and spends her time with Jamie.

[buttercup132]

Although I don't think it's fair to pull a certain colour from a kill shelter I certainy don't see a problem with choosing a dog you like the colour of if you still like it's personality.

There are alot of people who prefer certain colours of their breeds or just like certain colours in general.