Rose's Cantina

I was shocked to hear yesterday that there is something called The Black Dog Syndrome at rescue shelters. According to the Ottawa Humane Society, people are biased against black dogs.   So this October, the OHS is offering all kinds of special deals to people in hopes of adopting out all the black dogs in the shelter.   I can't understand this. At least half the dogs at the Conroy Pit dog park are black. There are black pugs, Labs, Newfies and poodles chasing each other's tails, sniffing butts and lifting their legs all around the place. Most of them look alike -- like my own dog Finnigan -- which makes me wonder if there is a local lothario about knocking up all the Berneses and Danes. There are so many of them that we have taken to calling them The Black Gentleman Society. Often, I have to check to make sure I'm taking the right dog home. A black dog is a thing of beauty, danger and mischief. We buy ShopVacs to pick up their hair. We put shower curt...