Political Correctness On Steriods

[IRescue452]

I know black cats have a harder time with adoption, but I'm still not convinced about the dogs. I think the dog problem is specifically black labradors as they are far too common and easy to come across. If it were a black great dane, newfoundland, border collie, cocker spaniel, chihuahua, poodle, and so on; they'd have no problem being adopted at the same rate as another of their breed with a lighter color.

As far as getting rid of a good program, it is just plain stupidity.

[lizbud]

I've read this statement from the NAACP official severl times & I still
think it applies to him & his organization and not to the promoters of
dog adoption.


"In society, we live in small worlds, don't talk to people, assume things and promote things that have no basis in reality," Linder said."

Nobody in their right mind will confuse the two events.

[Twisterdog]

I know black cats have a harder time with adoption, but I'm still not convinced about the dogs. I think the dog problem is specifically black labradors as they are far too common and easy to come across. If it were a black great dane, newfoundland, border collie, cocker spaniel, chihuahua, poodle, and so on; they'd have no problem being adopted at the same rate as another of their breed with a lighter color.

I do agree that the "black lab mix syndrome" is the major hurdle for shelters. I don't think you would find a single shelter in the country that would disagree with that.

Here we also have a very large number of border collie mixes, almost always black, that suffer from the same over-exposure problem. We call them the "Wyoming State Dog".

However, I have to disagree somewhat about black dogs of other breeds not having a harder time getting adopted. It is certainly true that a black cocker or chihuahua is going to be adopted long before a black lab mix is. However, I have seen too many times to count that given a litter of puppies, the black ones are always the last to be adopted. And if several dogs of the same breed are brought to the shelter together ... no matter the breed ... the black ones stay the longest.

[Medusa]

I had no idea this was the case w/black dogs. I thought it was so only w/black cats. Excuse my ignorance, please, but what is the reason behind it?

[lizbud]

I had no idea this was the case w/black dogs. I thought it was so only w/black cats. Excuse my ignorance, please, but what is the reason behind it?

You can read about this syndrome here........

http://www.blackpearldogs.com/

[Medusa]

You can read about this syndrome here........

http://www.blackpearldogs.com/

I truly had never heard of this before. When I think about it, every dog I've had was black except for Sheba, an Eskimo Spitz and Sandy, a cocker spaniel. It was their personalities that drew me, not their color. How sad and unfortunate for black dogs everywhere.