Pet/lifestyle expert, Colleen Paige, initiates the first National Black Dog Day — focusing on what she calls "these beautiful, shiny fur babies that offer just as much unconditional love as any other dog and deserve just as much love back."
Tamara Delaney starts a website called, "Black Pearl Dogs," to educate the public about "Black Dog Syndrome," a phenomenon in which people consistently choose light-colored dogs over black ones at adoption shelters.
Some studies suggest that the gene responsible for the black color of North American wolves is due to a transfer of genetic information from Yukon dogs.
Archaeological records indicate that dogs were buried beside humans about 14,700 years ago — although some experts argue that it was more like 36,000 years ago.
