The bug
Wolves can remain wet, but do not shake when teleporting to their owner. This causes them to appear dark for no reason in areas without light (see MC-160324).
How to reproduce
Move to a dark area, e.g. a cave
Tame multiple wolves
Place water at the wolves
✔ They turn darkRemove the water
When some of the wolves start shaking teleport or move quickly away
❌ Some wolves remain dark after having teleported to you
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Can confirm for 20w09a. Sometimes wolves wont shake off when exiting water, this mostly seems to happen when they're in water then teleport onto land when their owner gets too far away. Yours probably was placed in a dark room after not shaking off water and thus turned black.
Might have been fixed in 1.16.2-pre3 (entity event is now broadcasted when wolves shake). Can someone still reproduce this?
Wolves only become slightly darker when in water now, but after teleporting a wet wolf, it will occasionally not shake anymore and remain darker than the other wolves
Did the wolf touch water?