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 Lindsay@thatmutt.com, 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
Keira the golden/Rottweiler mix
Leah the cat
Orion the lab
Charlie the pug
Axel the German shepherd
Bonnie the lab/beagle mix
Luna the cat
Janis Joplin
Ruby
Wilson the cat
River the lab mix
Jasper the pug mix
Moxie the lab/pitbull 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.