Amazingly, our “top 5 candidate” list wound up being 4 black dogs and 1 chocolate, even though color was not a criteria of ours. And the dog we ultimately chose to adopt (who wasn’t on our initial list simply due to how we searched) is also black.

We told the rescue organization that we were happy to adopt a black dog, because so often they don’t get an equal chance. We weren’t trying to *avoid* yellows (or golden mixes) in our search. It just turned out that there were simply more black dogs that fit what we were looking for (already housebroken, well adjusted to dogs, kids, etc.). Part of this is that there are simply MORE black dogs needing homes. But it also seemed like light dogs got adopted so much faster – and with acceptance of greater challenges – to the point where on average, adopting a dark dog was far more likely to return a well-adjusted, well-mannered dog.