How Do You Understand And Help Prevent Black Dog Syndrome?
• All dogs need good homes, including black ones Understand why BDS occurs. If you’re going to tackle the problem of BDS, then you need to understand the motivations behind it in order to respond to them. There are quite a number of possible reasons for BDS (these are theories as there are no hard facts on the phenomenon):[4] • The most common reason people don’t like to adopt these dogs is due to their perceived aggressiveness. Aggressive rottweilers, doberman pinschers, and some breeds of pit bull, give all big, dark colored dogs a bad name. • A very ‘safe’ looking golden retriever When looking at a black lab and a golden retriever, most people will choose the golden retriever as the “safe” dog. • Another reason people don’t tend to adopt black dogs is guilt by association. Black cats, and other dark animals, have always had negative superstitions associated with them. This negative association seems to carry over to dogs as well, since almost all dogs used for security purposes have
