Big, Black Dogs Face Stigma

Associated Press ^ | Ap;ril 10, 2008 | EMILY ZEUGNER

[libstripper]

NEW YORK (April 9) - When Aaron Jones walks Gozer, his Rottweiler-hound mix, people cross the street to avoid them. Mothers scoop up their children. A lost motorist once rolled up the windows and drove off after spotting the dog. One woman screamed.

"He's the nicest dog I know," said Jones, 33, of Oakland, Calif. "It's hard to understand all the fear."

Gozer isn't aggressive and doesn't look mean or bark, Jones insists -- people are afraid of the dog purely because it's big and black. As a puppy, Gozer was passed over for at least a month before Jones took him home.

According to animal shelter officials, big, black dogs like Gozer have more trouble finding a happy home than do other dogs. Some shelters even have a name for it: "Big black dog syndrome."

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[libstripper]

This bias is really horrible. Three big, mostly black dogs have been the light of my life for the last thirty years. Two, one half black Lab and half Irish Setter and the other, a pure bred black Lab, are now deceased. The present one, who was supposed to be half black Lab and half Great Dane, but turned out to be half black Lab and half Pit Bull, is wonderful, super friendly, energetic, bumpy, funny, self-confident dog. BIG SLOBBERY, MOIST, SILLY BLACK DOGS ARE THE GREATEST.

[avg_freeper]

"This bias is really horrible."

There is no bias. Just an attempt at sensationalism.

There's plenty of big black labs and people that love 'em.

[VRWCmember]

There was a thread on an almost identical story a few weeks ago. Labs are very friendly dogs.

[manapua]

Black Dogs. The “Black Rifles” of the animal world.

[Joe 6-pack]

Fo' Shizzle.

[Lazamataz]

Big, Black Dogs Face Stigma

[Responsibility2nd]

I think you are referring to this

Black pups face doggie discrimination (ARF Alert!)

[PeterFinn]

Irish Wolfhounds eat big, black dogs. Yet whenever I used to take my 175 pound Wolfhound for a walk all the little kids would come running to play with him. He just looked really friendly and, for the most part, he was. But when a couple Dobermans from down the street came after him at the park one day he made short, quick work of them. What was sickening was that their owner "sicced" them on my dog just for the hell of it and then bitched because Muggs killed them in less time that it took for me to write this paragraph.

My point being that it is irresponsible dog owners who have ruined the reputations of Rotties and Dobies. The dogs themselves are just fine.

[Sax]

Gozer the Traveler

Gozer the Destructor

Gozer the Gozarian

Wait for a sign from Gozer the Traveller; he will come in one of the pre-chosen forms. During the rectification of the Vuldronaii, the Traveller came as a large and moving Torb. Then, during the third reconciliation of the last of the Meketrex Supplicants, they chose a new form for him -- that of a Giant Sloar! Many Shubs and Zuuls knew what it was to be roasted in the depths of the Sloar that day I can tell you!

[TightyRighty]

When Aaron Jones walks Gozer, his Rottweiler-hound mix, people cross the street to avoid them. Mothers scoop up their children. A lost motorist once rolled up the windows and drove off after spotting the dog. One woman screamed.

"He's the nicest dog I know," said Jones, 33, of Oakland, Calif. "It's hard to understand all the fear."

I think Mr Jones is confused - it's most likely the neighborhood.

[Zionist Conspirator]

Reminds me of an old made-for-TV movie back in the Seventies: Devil Dog: The Hound from Hell.

He zapped his owner and tried to make him stick his hand into a spinning lawnmower blade! No wonder people don't want dogs like that!

[barb-tex]

What do you expect from a bunch of typical white racists?
barbra ann

[ßuddaßudd]

Exactly what I thought too.

[PLMerite]

At first glance I thought it said “stigmata.” What a relief!

[Dixie Yooper]

"He's the nicest dog I know," said Jones, 33, of Oakland, Calif. "It's hard to understand all the fear."

"I talk to my dog and my dog talks to me, and tells me that he would never bite anyone, especially, little children. Did I mention that my dog talks to me?" sarc. off....

[Little Pig]

I’ve always felt that the Meketrex form should be spelled “Slorh”.

[libstripper]

“Labs are very friendly dogs.”

They’re absolute loves. Every dog I’ve had (four of them, three all black or black and white) since I’ve become an adult has been either a Lab or a Lab cross. My most recent super friendly beast is a black Lab/Pit cross.

[Ancesthntr]

I think that this story cries out for a solution: the creation of the NAACC (National Association for the Advancement of Colored Canines). Surely SOMEONE could take up the cause of these poor, oppressed creatures. Oh, BTW, there are quite a few bucks to be made shilling for the dogs...

...paging Reverends Jackson and Sharpton, paging Reverends Jackson and Sharpton. Please call the NAACC organizing committee at 1-800-MAKEABUCK

[dfwgator]

Cue “Johnny Stash”

I’m hear to sing about a Great American Dog....Black Lassie...

She was born in the Detroit ghetto
During the riots of ‘65
Her daddy was a big fat alley rat
But he could lick a dog twice his size

Her mama was
A long legged Afghan
And she came from the
High class part of town

But late at night
When the moon got bright
Her and the rat
Really went to town

Black Lassie, fat and sassy
She started poor, aw
But now she’s rich

you’re the Queen of all the doggies in the world,
Come on Black Lassie, you’re a mean Ghetto....(shut yo’ mouf) Ah, shut up yerself, I wasn’t gonna say ‘B..ch!”

[Tallguy]

Irish Wolfhounds eat big, black dogs. Yet whenever I used to take my 175 pound Wolfhound for a walk all the little kids would come running to play with him.

Probably because they mistook him for a pony. ;)