| Regardless of what kind of dog you are | | | | looks like, even a dog with floppy ears like |
| looking for you may want to consider a lab | | | | a black Labrador Retriever. Hecate And |
| mix puppy. The only type of dog that really | | | | Paganism In some pre-Christian pagan |
| does not work for a lab mix puppy are dogs | | | | religions, black dogs were seen as sacred. |
| from the toy category. In general these dogs | | | | One of the most powerful and respected |
| are desirable because of their small size, | | | | Goddesses (still worshipped by modern day |
| but when you mix them with a Labrador they | | | | Pagans) is Hecate (or Hekate), known as the |
| will no longer retain that tiny size. | | | | Goddess of Witches. One of her symbols was |
| However, just about every other class of dog | | | | the black dog. It was said that She could |
| will work in for a lab mix puppy. Black Dog | | | | appear to people in the form of either a |
| Omen Black dog syndrome is used by people who | | | | black snake, a black mare or a black dog. |
| work or volunteer in animal shelters. For | | | | Whenever Christianity overtook paganism, |
| some reason, all black dogs, even purebred | | | | anything associated with the old Deities was |
| black Labrador Retrievers are almost always | | | | immediately demonized. This is probably what |
| passed over in favor of other colored dogs. | | | | happened to all black dogs, even in this |
| Any other color dog does better - even if | | | | modern day and age, causing the black dog |
| they are the same breed. This also happens to | | | | syndrome seen today in pet rescues and animal |
| black Labrador Retrievers, especially in | | | | shelters. A Good Dog Is Never A Bad Color If |
| shelters. A golden, yellow, white or | | | | you are considering adopting a dog (and good |
| chocolate Labrador Retriever will almost | | | | for you), then please be sure to take a |
| always be picked over black Labrador | | | | second look at all of the black dogs in the |
| Retrievers. Superstition Although we claim to | | | | shelter. Perhaps they will look ordinary, but |
| not believe in superstitions, our | | | | that's only on the outside. If you |
| subconscious proves we do. Quite often, we | | | | specifically want to adopt a Labrador |
| pass over anything black because of the | | | | Retriever, be sure to tell the breed rescue |
| negative bias towards the color black. The | | | | or animal shelter that you would accept a |
| only things that seem to escape this bias are | | | | black Labrador Retriever. You will certainly |
| diamonds and horses. However, there are a lot | | | | gain not only the shelter worker's respect, |
| of myths, legends and stories about black | | | | but the friend of a lifetime. |
| dogs being somehow bad. One of these is that | | | | |
| vampires can change into black wolves - or | | | | Ola Norrman the author of |
| black dogs (even black Labrador Retrievers). | | | | black-dog-syndrome-even-for |
| Probably the most famous bad black dog was | | | | black-labrador-retrievers has in his site the |
| the Hound of the Baskervilles, which went | | | | mission to tell you all about Labrador |
| after the legendary Sherlock Holmes. Many | | | | Retrievers and the black color of the dog as |
| scholars and psychologists think the reason | | | | a bad omen. Read about the interesting |
| why the Hound of the Baskervilles is so | | | | History of black magic and omens. Read about |
| famous is because a large black dog fits our | | | | the Black Dog Syndrome Even For Black |
| subconscious idea of what an evil creature | | | | Labrador Retrievers. |