The Plight of Big Black Dogs

Information to enlighten the public about the fact that more big black dogs are euthanized in shelters across America than any other color dog.

Category:

Pets & Animals

Tags:

• big
• black
• dogs
• syndrome
• dog
• rescue
• animal
• shelter
• euthanasia
• adoption

[skipsing]

Beautiful way to raise awareness. Emmylou Harris has a song specifically about this unfortunate bias - Big Black Dog.

[livinlodge]

@skipsing Ooooh I love Emmylou! Will have to look up that song. Thanks!

[octoberfire13]

I was diagnosed at age 26 with an 8 cm breast cancer tumor in my left breast. I had no family history of cancer & had been told I was "too young" for breast cancer and not given a mammogram for several months due to this. I rescue animals & that is what I was busy doing when I got hit with this diagnosis. The month before I was diagnosed I adopted Shy-Shy, a black/brown mutt who was on death row at a gassing shelter in Georgia. She was not even on the list to be saved, due to her color.

[livinlodge]

@octoberfire13 I'm sorry to hear about your cancer. I pray that you will heal completely and live a long and healthy life...

[noodlez4me]

Proud owner of Lucy my black dog!

[101skysthelimit]

Thank you for sharing this video. It's a good way to help educate people that black dogs are beautiful both inside and out. They reminded me of my own babies.

[TheAnimalGirl77]

We saw 2 black mutts on the side of the road not even 4 mo. old yet. Covered in fleas and ticks and skinny. They are my precious babies and I would let nothing touch them.. :) (The girl looks identical to the dog at 0:23)

[jackrussel999]

I love my big cuddly black lab. <3

Black dogs are so gorgeous!

:)

[Fantageous]

hey, black dogs need creative marketing! for me, black coats = my preference...stylish choice. Ahh, I've got to do something! create PSA's and print ad's for them. It's so easy to make something like a color become appealing. They can be tough to photograph but find a pro' and wow, they can look sleek. Black makes you look thinner, more sophisticated, ha ha! If you wear black? You don't have to worry about obvious fur on your clothes.

[ndc18]

@octoberfire13 I hope you get better.

[killerqueen92]

I have a black lab.pitt mix that i'm fostering right now. He has been in foster care with us since november. That's longer than any dog has ever been in foster care with our rescue. He is such a sweet boy. Loves kids, very calm, but he also loves to play outside, but because he is a big black dog, nobody seems to want him. I wish someone would give him his forever home.

[xXxNeonPrincessxXx]

why people don't like black dogs don't they know that black dogs are very sweet and very loyal we have 3 black dogs and they are very loyal and sweet we love them and they love us too our very fist dog is a black dog named sunburst 4 yrs. and the second one is angelina 2 yrs. and the last one is flonne 1 yr old