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Black dogs and cats

We love black dogs and cats on this blog!

I asked readers to send me their pictures of black dogs or cats or pictures of black pets up for adoption. If you want to include your pet in this post, email a photo to [email protected], and I’ll add your dog or cat.

If you know someone who is planning on adopting a pet, remind that person to consider the many black dogs for adoption and the black cats, too! Black animals are often overlooked in shelters and rescues.

Below are the photos I received:

 

Biz Markie the pug

Biz Markie

 

Keira the golden/Rottweiler mix

keira1

 

Leah the cat

black cat

 

Orion the lab

orion

 

Charlie the pug

Charlie

 

Axel the German shepherd

axel2

 

Bonnie the lab/beagle mix

Bonnie

 

 

Luna the cat

luna

 

 

Janis Joplin

Janis Joplin

 

 

Ruby

Ruby

 

Wilson the cat

Maggie the cat

 

 

River the lab mix

black lab mix

 

 

Jasper the pug mix

pug mix

 

 

Moxie the lab/pitbull mix

lab pit mix

offbeatmammal

Monday 1st of November 2010

just today we adopted a black Lab/Shepherd/Rottweiler cross (see pic on the link) ... funny that stats show that black dogs are overlooked, I've always found them to be great company (our previous was a black Boxer cross) though we do also have a rescued brindle Pit Bull cross

Lindsay Stordahl

Monday 1st of November 2010

I would like to always at least consider a black dog to adopt. I love my black mutt! The main thing is to factor in the dog's personality/temperament over its appearance. Unfortunately most people adopt a dog based on its looks.

Lindsay Stordahl

Thursday 19th of November 2009

Black dogs are less photogenic and big black dogs do look frightening when they are barking and lunging. It's up to the shelters and rescues to work around these problems by dressing the dogs up in colorful bandanas, bringing them out of the shelters to other environments like adoption events and making sure they get enough exercise before meeting potential owners.

Randolph

Thursday 19th of November 2009

Abbey: As a black Labrador myself I am inclined toward applauding my fellow black dogs...unfortunately, as I recently discovered and blogged about there is a phenomenon called "Black Dog Syndrome." Essentially black dogs are overlooked or not selected for adoption more frequently at shelters. According to a Times article I read: "shelter workers believe that black dogs and cats may be being overlooked due to superstition; because they are less photogenic; or because they are considered frightening." None of the above (cats included) look "frightening" to my eye. Let us hope that more and more people begin to feel the same. Sincerely, Randolph

Lindsay Stordahl

Friday 13th of November 2009

Abbey, I notice tons of black labs and black lab crosses too.

Just to be clear, all of the dogs on this post so far have homes. They are photos of pets submitted by readers.

petlover

Friday 13th of November 2009

They are just as adorable as any other pets. My favorite is the pug.