Sad Reality

[xoxoxoBruce]

Black fur around dark eyes makes it harder to enjoy the marvelous expression our canine friends transmit.

And almost impossible to take good pictures of.

[euphoriatheory]

.......*cry*.

I was so annoyed... there was an animal shelter about an hour away from here that was going to be closing due to lack of funding--a "no kill" shelter, which unfortunately cost a boatload to run simply because of that policy. I circulated an e-mail to all my friends and family to make donations... the deadline was a few days ago. I have to check to see if they made it. I pray they did.

[Cicero]

Originally Posted by xoxoxoBruce

And almost impossible to take good pictures of.

If you are blind and superficial.


I am going to disagree with sweetwater on this 100 percent. I am blown away by the superficial comments made about dog selection.

Of course, my dog of choice has always been a Rottweilers.

[xoxoxoBruce]

Originally Posted by Cicero

If you are blind and superficial.

Nonsense, I had a black dog I miss very much, and wish I had a good picture of him. But he was pure black and none of the pictures show detail.

I am going to disagree with sweetwater on this 100 percent. I am blown away by the superficial comments made about dog selection.

You can disagree all you want, but if you talk to the people that work in shelters, or even pet stores, black puppies languish.

[sweetwater]

Cicero, it's not my hangup - I was teasing about the black fur and the furniture. To borrow an expression from Dave Frei, "we consider dog fur a condiment at our house". My experiences dealing with the public has been that solid black dogs and cats are adopted less readily than their buddies. btw, we used to undo some of that hex by giving them bright bandanas. It worked. I don't know why.

[Cloud]

well, now we know. Next time you want to adopt a dog or cat--go for black!

[Tree Fae]

Hello everyone, I am Elspodes friend. This is my first post to the Cellar and I thought this was a particularly good place to start.

Last month, I adopted from a near by animal control a wonderful mostly black Papllion/Yorkie??? mix. Darby was bigger than he looked in the pictures, but I took a chance on how he would get along with my Yorkie, Dazzle, and the one my ex kept, Sami. He is 2-3 years old and wonderfully playful. He has been the best dog in the world. He is loving, and smart. He has made a great companion for both Dazzle and me.

I have watched both an aged cancer ridden boxer who had 11 wonderful years with us, and a year old kitten with Feline PV be put to sleep. It is one of the most heart-rending experiences I have ever experienced.

All my animals are fixed, and I intend to help others get theirs done as quickly as possible. My youngest cat was adopted off the street and was sickly at first so we forgot about getting it done. Living with a cat in heat was not fun for it or us.

[Tree Fae]

Oh yeah, forgot to add, my house has all white carpets. Black fir does stand out, but then so does the dirt I track in, their messes, leaves,
dust, ... you name it so the black dog really doesn't matter.

And someone tell me why would anyone want white carpet through out a house. It is going to drive me insane!!!

I do love my new house though.

[Trilby]

Hi, Tree Fae!~ Welcome to the Cellar---I love the 'Spode and any friend of his is a friend of mine!

you sound like a responsible and loving pet owner, too

[xoxoxoBruce]

And any friend of Brianna's is a friend of mine.
If you ignore those white carpets, before you know it, they won't be anymore. But so what, in the grand scheme of things, clean carpets are pretty low priority... way below the Cellar.

[Cicero]

Originally Posted by xoxoxoBruce

You can disagree all you want, but if you talk to the people that work in shelters, or even pet stores, black puppies languish.

That isn't part I was disagreeing with. I was disagreeing with the superficial dog selection part.

In fact, sweetwater was just kidding. What were you doing?


I had friends that worked at the humane society...yea...we talked. We also talked about the parameters for the "aggressive tests" that they didn't feel was quite fair.


Hi Tree! We like 'spode!!! Welcome!!

[Agent-G]

thats a good story for sure. I havent heard a first hand story like that before. I guess I know what happens, but dont really know what happens.