Emily Zeugner, of the AP, has exposed the general hatred of big, black dogs. "Animal shelter officials say big, black dogs have more trouble finding a happy home than do other dogs. Some shelters even have a name for it: 'Big black dog syndrome.'Let's face it people, black dogs are inherently more aggressive and angry than their lighter furred cousins, wouldn't you say? When we are playing in our cul-de-cac with Toby, our golden, we do not want to see some pack of big black dogs approach. No way, no how.
But, Zeugner says, it's not just the fear the big blacks bring about. "Animal shelters say black dogs of all sizes are difficult to photograph for online listings, and are hard to spot against the shadows of their crates and cages in dimly lighted kennels."
That makes a lot of sense. I mean you would have to get a white drop cloth or something to see any detail, and once you could make out the features, you would probably only see their tremendous fangs.
Probably best to weed them out then. Survival of the fittest and so on. "At the city animal shelter in Rogers, Ark., big, black dogs almost always make up the bulk of the animals put to sleep each month. Last month, 13 of the 14 dogs killed by the city were large and black..."
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Clearly these people who fear big black dogs never met Blue, my former big black German Shepard. He wanted nothing more than to cuddle with you and at time eat the tin cans out of the recycling bin.
ReplyDeleteI loved that dog.