In ancient Egyptian, ... The observers seem to think that black dogs don't look as good, are less friendly, and are less likely to make a good pet then either the brown or the yellow dogs.

Per ancient Egyptian religious practices, most Anubis worshipers lived in Saka, a town in Upper Egypt. In Saka, street dogs were free to roam the streets of the town and the halls of Anubis’ temple.

Mentions of dog pests appear in the writings of ancient Greeks and Romans such as Homer, Aristotle and Pliny the Elder, and a painting of a hyenalike animal in an ancient Egyptian tomb dated to ...

Are black dogs less desirable and harder to get adopted? ... In ancient Egyptian, Greek, Roman and Norse mythologies, black dogs are often associated with death and the supernatural.