Although it is a fairly strong title and perhaps for some quite exaggerated for not considering that having the black fur is a syndrome, this is the name given to it by the people responsible for dog shelters and shelters to those animals that have been abandoned or that have difficulties to be adopted due to their fur of this color. On many occasions, they are the black and large dogs those who have to receive, in the worst case, an injection to put them to sleep since they cannot be found a foster home. Although there is no explanation for this fact and for this behavior that leads humans to prefer light dogs over black ones, some theories have been developed.
One of these theories states that black dogs tend to be aggressive breeds, such as Rotweillers, Dobermans or Pitbulls. In this way, people who visit a shelter or foster home associate this color with aggressiveness. It is for this reason that if we have two dogs, one of a golden or light color and one black, we choose the former, due to the association our minds make that tells us that light-colored dogs are calmer and less aggressive than the others.
Similarly, for experts there is another theory that speaks of the superstition. For them, superstition plays an important role, since also in the human mind there is the association of the color black with the bad luck, witchcraft or any other type of negative activity, so we tend to see a black dog as something negative, while we see a white dog as something pure, docile and affectionate.
It is very important that we bear in mind that the color of an animal's hair does not depend in any way on the shape of its character or its behavior. Whatever the color of the dog and its size, it has the same possibility of being affectionate and docile as a light-colored dog, so if we are thinking of having a dog in our home we should choose to adopt and give a dog the opportunity black that he is part of our family.
I like animals, they have any color of fur. The truth is that perhaps most people believe that dark fur animals are more aggressive, by associating this color with Dobermans or Rotweillers. In the case of cats, there is a prejudice, for associating the color of the black cat with bringing bad luck or magic. Which has nothing to do with it. Animals can be aggressive or not, regardless of their hair color. Almost always the character of dogs is determined by the type of creation they receive from their owners.
Marcia, you are absolutely right, it is we human beings who educate our pet in one way or another. I have known very small white dogs that seem harmless and are more aggressive than any other animal.
I don't blame the dogs for their color. I like all dogs whether they are black or white. I find it hard to "despise" dogs because of their color: C
I have a black dog that is very pretty 😀
My dog also defended me from being robbed on the street, she is a very black labrador retriever, jet black, she is a love, super affectionate with me but makes people scare ... I did not know that there was this prejudice with black dogs ... truth …
That is not so. I love black dogs. We had a black dog and she was very passive, very affectionate, for me she was like my own daughter, we loved her very much, my children and I.
I have a black dog adopted from the street, she is fond of the whole family, only when she sees a stranger she barks at her, but does not bite her. Rottweilers only told me they are aggressive, Pitbulls I saw one or two and they were calm, and Dobermans don't know.