Black Dogs of the British Isles

[furtech]

I was catching up on the fantastic web comic, Gunnerkrigg Court and wanted to learn more about these guys:



Thanks to a quick Google, I found this link about black dogs. Great jumping off point for more research!

Black dog factoid: Did you know that generally across the US, black dogs are the least likely of any color to be adopted from shelters? Some shelters put them down quickly because they know from experience (or superstition or their own bias) that they won't be adopted out.

If I ever get a totally black dog, I'm SO naming her, "Skriker"!

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[fatkraken.livejournal.com]

apparently it's the same with cats; black cats tend to languish in shelters far longer than any other colour. We have two adopted black cats, sweetest little things, who had been at the shelter a fair while before we got there.