National Black Dog Day - by Hailey

 

I was very excited to be chosen to be one of the sponsors for this event, as it is something that is very important to me. 

My face when I hear people don't like black animals

Black dogs suffer from black dog syndrome. Black animals are less likely to get adopted than lighter ones. No one is sure exactly why. Black dogs can be harder to photograph, there may be beliefs that black dogs aren't as nice (thank you media for this), they may be associated with myths of being bad omens or guards of the underworld, and black is generally associated with evil. 

Whatever the reasons, too many black animals don't get to find loving homes. I am very lucky that I have a Lady, who if anything, is biased toward black pets, because she knows about this syndrome. 3/6 animals in her adult life have been black.  Lady says when people are selecting a new family member, they should not make a choice based on colour. They should look at the factors of temperament, age,  size, exercise requirement, grooming, and possible health needs. 

If you are looking for a new dog to love, learn about the available black dogs. The dog may not be the best fit for you at this time, and that is ok, but he/she should be given the same consideration as lighter ones.

Black dogs rule!

Your favourite black dog, Hailey 

Mischief Monday - Monopoly Problems

Lady says this week's mischief award goes to Rogers Telecommunication, one of only 2 real providers in Canada, who had a huge outage on Friday and into the weekend. When we say huge issues we mean cell, internet, home phone, paying at the store, access to emergency services like 911 etc. Lady and Man's phones are with them, so they had no phone but our 2 internets are with other people (that is right they pay for 2 different internet providers, a satellite and crappy as usually one works - Fibe is expected to be here in the fall). Man's work phone is also on the other monopoly Bell, so if there had been a true emergency they could have called for help.

Wake me when something interesting happens

The cause was some maintenance update or something. Seems like they have something to fix so this doesn't happen in the future!

Lady also  says, it is further proof that a monopoly is only a good thing in a board game, but she isn't sure how we go and change this. She also said, she is done being part of the headlines!

Impact to the dog lives - 0 - causes of mischief by dogs 0 - so we say it was a good week!