Black Dogs and Lower Adoption Rate

• Luvntzus Posted : 6/5/2006 9:01:53 PM erasing this because it caused such a stir.  0 LIKE Like Share You have posted to a forum that requires a moderator to approve posts before they are publicly available. Hey, it's way more fun when you sign up or log in Connect With Connect With Sign Up Login
• Else Godkin Posted : 6/6/2006 1:21:45 AM Are you really saying that you wouldn't have a black or dark coloured dog because it doesn't match your clothes or couch? 0 LIKE Like Share You have posted to a forum that requires a moderator to approve posts before they are publicly available. Hey, it's way more fun when you sign up or log in Connect With Connect With Sign Up Login
• Luvntzus Posted : 6/6/2006 3:08:57 PM All I'm saying is that black doesn't really appeal to me. With a breed like the Shih Tzu that have tons of different colors, and going through a breeder, you can get the color you want. And yes I have rescued animals in the past (including a black cat). 0 LIKE Like Share You have posted to a forum that requires a moderator to approve posts before they are publicly available. Hey, it's way more fun when you sign up or log in Connect With Connect With Sign Up Login
• Benedict Posted : 6/6/2006 4:11:20 PM I actually own a book that specifically advises teaching large, black dogs funny tricks because people at large are less likely to be afraid of a dog that can roll over or play dead.  I am not sure about the theory, but it is interesting that the phenomenon is mentioned.  As mommy to a black lab that everyone seems to think is going to be big, even for a male lab, this worries me.  However, the only thing I can do to change people's minds at ground level is to train my dog properly to be well behaved and polite, either meeting Ben will change their minds or it won't.  If it does, that's amazing, if it doesn't, NOTHING I could have done was ever going to.   Kate 0 LIKE Like Share You have posted to a forum that requires a moderator to approve posts before they are publicly available. Hey, it's way more fun when you sign up or log in Connect With Connect With Sign Up Login
• willowchow Posted : 6/7/2006 6:12:46 PM From the picture Willow looks like an alpha female, dominant and not really approachable.   I'm just gonna keep my mouth shut on that one.  0 LIKE Like Share You have posted to a forum that requires a moderator to approve posts before they are publicly available. Hey, it's way more fun when you sign up or log in Connect With Connect With Sign Up Login
• glenmar Posted : 6/7/2006 7:59:21 PM Lori, I laughed at that one too!  To ME, Willow likes like a big old huggable baby.  I know better with her than to walk up to her and give her a big old hug, but I WANT to!  She just looks sooooo huggable! 0 LIKE Like Share You have posted to a forum that requires a moderator to approve posts before they are publicly available. Hey, it's way more fun when you sign up or log in Connect With Connect With Sign Up Login
• willowchow Posted : 6/7/2006 8:28:45 PM Thank you Glenda, she is my Willow pillow, LOL!   Honestly, you can't go by looks.  I've had more issues with the cutest little light colored dogs snarling and being dramatic, growling and everything else when I tried to walk them.  Whereas, the rotties and the big shepards went with the flow.  You have to go by individual dog personality and not the color or size. 0 LIKE Like Share You have posted to a forum that requires a moderator to approve posts before they are publicly available. Hey, it's way more fun when you sign up or log in Connect With Connect With Sign Up Login
• glenmar Posted : 6/7/2006 8:36:30 PM My white shepherd tho is the most reactive of my dogs.  BUT, with her it's not color or size so much as the fact that an idiot terrorized her during a darned fear stage that I didn't know about...... 0 LIKE Like Share You have posted to a forum that requires a moderator to approve posts before they are publicly available. Hey, it's way more fun when you sign up or log in Connect With Connect With Sign Up Login
• Luvntzus Posted : 6/7/2006 10:26:33 PM ORIGINAL: willowchow From the picture Willow looks like an alpha female, dominant and not really approachable. I'm just gonna keep my mouth shut on that one.  Whaaa? Was I wrong? Confused here.[&:]  0 LIKE Like Share You have posted to a forum that requires a moderator to approve posts before they are publicly available. Hey, it's way more fun when you sign up or log in Connect With Connect With Sign Up Login
• willowchow Posted : 6/8/2006 5:33:30 AM Well, I don't understand, I posted two pictures one clearly showing when she shouldn't be approached and one showing when she is actually happy.  I was pointing out that in the second picture she is happy, but many think she is NOT when she shows her teeth.  The first picture NO TEETH, she's not happy there.    You made that statement, what was it referring too??  0 LIKE Like Share You have posted to a forum that requires a moderator to approve posts before they are publicly available. Hey, it's way more fun when you sign up or log in Connect With Connect With Sign Up Login
• Luvntzus Posted : 6/8/2006 2:06:41 PM The top picture, with her mouth closed she looks very cute, but definitely not approachable. The second picture she looks happy, but  I couldn't really tell either way if she's approachable or not. The picture in your signature is the one that definitely looks very dominant. 0 LIKE Like Share You have posted to a forum that requires a moderator to approve posts before they are publicly available. Hey, it's way more fun when you sign up or log in Connect With Connect With Sign Up Login
• glenmar Posted : 6/8/2006 5:49:23 PM Oh you've gotta be kidding.   Maybe it's cuz we had a chow when I was a kid that looked just like Willow.  But, I always look at the eyes.  And Willows eyes, to me, anyway, just SCREAM that she has a gentle soul. 0 LIKE Like Share You have posted to a forum that requires a moderator to approve posts before they are publicly available. Hey, it's way more fun when you sign up or log in Connect With Connect With Sign Up Login
• willowchow Posted : 6/8/2006 6:02:21 PM The top picture, with her mouth closed she looks very cute, but definitely not approachable. See, I don't think you're reading her right at all.  The top picture, she's growling, NOT being cute.  The second picture, she's smiling and happy, very approachable.  I'M the dominant one, not her. Edited to add---Sig pic, she's looking at something and pretty worried about it, see the back legs bent and all, ready to run!  LOL! Edited again to add--I posted those pictures to show that them showing teeth did not necessarily mean they were being mean.  Why are you going on about her being dominant, etc??  I feel like you're picking on her for some reason.  You don't want me to start picking back, do you??   EDITED AGAIN--She's BLUE not even a black dog. 0 LIKE Like Share You have posted to a forum that requires a moderator to approve posts before they are publicly available. Hey, it's way more fun when you sign up or log in Connect With Connect With Sign Up Login
• fuzzy_dogs_mom Posted : 6/8/2006 6:17:13 PM The Sacramento Bee runs a column by a vet in the Saturday paper and last week she wrote about some of the frivolous reasons dogs are returned to the shelter.  She said she has seen dogs returned because the owners changed their decor and the dog just didn't look good with the new paint/sofa/carpet, whatever. [:@] Kinda makes you wonder if they tried to return their kids if their hair/eye color didn't quite match the new blinds. Joyce 0 LIKE Like Share You have posted to a forum that requires a moderator to approve posts before they are publicly available. Hey, it's way more fun when you sign up or log in Connect With Connect With Sign Up Login
• willowchow Posted : 6/8/2006 6:27:10 PM Well, for a second there it did sound like that was what Gingerbread's mom was saying, clothes are light, couch is light, dog is light.   Am I to assume that because Gingerbread is light that he is approachable??  I've had MANY a small, cute dog snap at me when I thought they looked like an angel. 0 LIKE Like Share You have posted to a forum that requires a moderator to approve posts before they are publicly available. Hey, it's way more fun when you sign up or log in Connect With Connect With Sign Up Login