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[C.Ann]

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[wildernesslodgelover]

I have heard that black dogs are harder to adopt out, because people think they look "mean."

I remember finding a 1 day old all black kitten out by the trash (we hand fed it and then adopted it out since my DH has cat allergies) and I was told later that someone put it out there because of superstitions.

BUT...I know that around halloween the adoptions on all black cats are suspended around here because people "adopt" them just to do sick things.

 

[mamamary]

I posted on that thread the other day. Yes I had heard about black dogs being harder to adopt out. That's a picture of Baxter in my avatar. So as you can see I have no problem with black dogs My last lab was yellow so when we were finally ready to adopt again I sort of wanted another yellow but my DH thought it would be better to get a different colored dog. I don't honestly don't get the whole "harder to adopt out" but I'm a huge animal lover.

 

[Philagoofy]

We have two totally black kitties, the first one adopted us & we adopted the 2nd. I don't have any superstitions about them or any animal.

 

[minkydog]

Our dog Minky is a gigantic 9yo black poodle. When we adopted him the rescue group lamented that his mother had dropped 13 black male poodles! They were very concerned about how they would going to find homes for that many black dogs.

I haven't seen any difference in my black dog and other multi-colored dogs that I have owned. If anything he is sweeter and almost grateful to live with us. He's fabulous with Christian and makes allowances for his disabilities. Minky will be hard to replace when the time comes.

 

[puffkin]

Yes, black dogs and cats are the hardest too adopt out. Our area also does a ban on black pet adoptions around Halloween because of torture reasons. I did my service project in college at an animal shelter and learned that there.

When we adopted our youngest cat from a foster organization they told us that after black cats, the striped cats are the hardest to adopt. Our Riley is such a beautiful little sweetie and was 9 months when we got her. Her littermates were all adopted out right away but she was passed over week after week (they brought the animals into Petco every other Saturday). She is by far the sweetest most loving cat ever...I can't believe no one wanted her because she was striped

 

[Magalex]

Yes the problem with black dogs in the shelters not being adopted as fast is the one factor mentioned "they look mean" or "black dogs are too plain looking", they don't stand out in the crowd. Can't use Clairol "blond" to give some highlights Plus in our local area lots of lab mixes, fears of pit mixed in

 

[Rafiki31]

I have a black kitty and my home is next to a cemetary, we put the house up for sale last year and the realtor told us that a certain culture (that is big in my area) did not want to go into my home (due to superstition and proximity to the cemetary) but the few that did go in to see it freaked out when they saw my black kitty inside. So there are some religions/cultures that think black cats are bad luck, and apparently liv ing next to a cemetary is bad for them too. Me & the realtor did not know. And the combination of the two meant I was a witch. Oops!

BTW, quietest neighbors I have ever had.

 

[C.Ann]

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[BunsenH]

There was one around here. I think it was more to capitalize on the "Black Friday" hysteria than to place black pets. Most likely, all colored pets were available.

 

[Planogirl]

It's so hard to believe that people are still so superstitious! That's so odd.

Also, it's hard to believe that cats 5 or older are hard to adopt out too. I can see over 10 or so but to me a 5 year old cat is still young.

 

[ZephyrHawk]

I've had two black cats and one black dog. I've heard it's harder to get people to take black animals, and I'm not sure why. I do know the lady we bought our old dog from encouraged us to get her tattooed (this was before microchipping) because she said black animals were more likely to get stolen (and allegedly used in rituals), which I'm a bit skeptical about. One thing I can attest to about black pets is they are slightly more likely to be hit by cars (which is what happened to black cat #1).

Oh, and black cat #1 haunts my parents' house. Take that for "superstitious" if you like.

 

[tasha99]

Pit bull type dogs and generic black lab types were the most common dogs in our local humane society when I volunteered there.

 

[mackeysmom]

I read an article about this a few months back and they also cited that - with the increase in online sites like Petfinder, etc. - black dogs don't photograph as well as lighter colored dogs

-- Laura (proud mother of Blackie - whose color is pretty self-explanatory!!)

 

[CathrynRose]

Black dogs and also Brindle's are tough ones to get out, too - brindle especially in Pit Bulls (it's just what people associate with "attack dogs")

Charley is....white.

 

[HERSEY]

At the shelter I used to adopt my babies. They explained that they are careful on allowing adoptions of black colored pets. Some people come in especially for black colored pets. There are some rituals that they are used for

 

[ilovepcot]

Positively frightening!

 

[perdidobay]

We adopted a border collie from a rescue group 3 years ago. She is all black except her legs and under her chin. I was told or read somewhere that black dogs with dark eyes don't get adopted as much because you can't see their eyes as well and people like to see a dogs expressive eyes.
Don't know if this is true or not.

 

[CathrynRose]

I was told or read somewhere that black dogs with dark eyes don't get adopted as much because you can't see their eyes as well and people like to see a dogs expressive eyes.
Don't know if this is true or not.

I've heard this before, as well. And I can tell you Charley is dog friendly with all dogs - however initially he is much more leery (best word I could think of) of black dogs. And I heard it's the for the same reason.

 

[C.Ann]

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