Hear is an Indian dog lover Mr Amrish Ojha he feeds as many as 64+ dog and cows he owns an hospital for Animals and Takes care of them. He comes in car{maruti 800} filled with crates of milk and pure steel for dogs and fodder for cows.
Sunday, May 23, 2010
Indian dog lover in Ahmedabad Mr Amrish Ojha
Ahmedabad 
Hear is an Indian dog lover Mr Amrish Ojha he feeds as many as 64+ dog and cows he owns an hospital for Animals and Takes care of them. He comes in car{maruti 800} filled with crates of milk and pure steel for dogs and fodder for cows.
Hear is an Indian dog lover Mr Amrish Ojha he feeds as many as 64+ dog and cows he owns an hospital for Animals and Takes care of them. He comes in car{maruti 800} filled with crates of milk and pure steel for dogs and fodder for cows.
Friday, May 21, 2010
Apollo{the Indog} and Leela playing
This one's for cat lovers! Delightful pictures and a video film of Yvonne de Kock's sixteen-year old red Persian Apollo playing with Leela. These two adore each other: Apollo is always near Leela, and recently when she was taken out for several hours he waited for her near the door.
Thursday, May 20, 2010
Pariah dog saves
This blog is for aboriginal breed enthusiasts and for the Indian Pariah Dog Club. Membership of the Club is restricted to Pariah Dogs and mongrels (mix-breeds) only. The two are NOT the same, do please read the text on the right to understand the difference. Our aim: to create awareness about the primitive natural breed cynologists call the Indian Pariah Dog/INDog. The Club is an informal group. It has over 160 members, from Mumbai and other cities.
Thursday, April 22, 2010
Hero INDogs of Ahmedabad
These alert dogs prevented a burglary in the housing society they live in (Shakuntal Society, Usmanpara), in February this year.
Protecting territory from intruders is a largely unacknowledged service performed by street and building dogs across urban India. Ironically, these dogs were unpopular with the society residents prior to this incident. Dog-lover Meenal Shah had been told to stop feeding them. Their status changed once they displayed their true worth. Long live INDogs!
Click here for Lisa Warden's video about these dogs, posted earlier in this blog.
Click here to read the "watchdog database" I've been compiling, documenting cases in which Indian dogs (INDogs and Pariah-mix) have proved to be good guard dogs. If you know of similar incidents please email me!
And here I've copied the news report that appeared in Times of India, 20 February 2010:
Stray dogs scare away thieves
Vasundhara Vyas Mehta/TNN
‘Ahmedabad: Manjula Shah had a bad cold that woke her up at 4.40 am on Friday. This resident of Usmanpura got up to clear her throat and was annoyed by the stray dogs barking around the housing society.
Irked by the pack of dogs, Shah, 60, who lives on the first floor of Shakuntal Society peeped out of her room window. What she saw shocked her. An unidentified vehicle had come inside the society gate. The car took a round of the plot slowly, then stopped near a car close to the exit gate.
“Two men got off. They had torches and were looking around the place. Then they went close to the car nearest to them and started peeping inside. As they were about to break into the car, the stray dogs started barking. The hassled duo tried to turn them away, but the dogs kept barking. The two men panicked and decided to drive away,” said one of the neighbours.
“This is the dog family that society members have been trying to get rid of. They have even complained against feeding the dogs as they create a menace around here,” said Minal Shah, a businesswoman living in the society.
She added that she stopped feeding the dogs after encountering opposition from neighbours. “I used to do it discreetly. I am glad that people have realised the advantage of keeping them,” she said.’
Thursday, April 22, 2010
Hero INDogs of Ahmedabad
These alert dogs prevented a burglary in the housing society they live in (Shakuntal Society, Usmanpara), in February this year.
Protecting territory from intruders is a largely unacknowledged service performed by street and building dogs across urban India. Ironically, these dogs were unpopular with the society residents prior to this incident. Dog-lover Meenal Shah had been told to stop feeding them. Their status changed once they displayed their true worth. Long live INDogs!
Click here for Lisa Warden's video about these dogs, posted earlier in this blog.
Click here to read the "watchdog database" I've been compiling, documenting cases in which Indian dogs (INDogs and Pariah-mix) have proved to be good guard dogs. If you know of similar incidents please email me!
And here I've copied the news report that appeared in Times of India, 20 February 2010:
Stray dogs scare away thieves
Vasundhara Vyas Mehta/TNN
‘Ahmedabad: Manjula Shah had a bad cold that woke her up at 4.40 am on Friday. This resident of Usmanpura got up to clear her throat and was annoyed by the stray dogs barking around the housing society.
Irked by the pack of dogs, Shah, 60, who lives on the first floor of Shakuntal Society peeped out of her room window. What she saw shocked her. An unidentified vehicle had come inside the society gate. The car took a round of the plot slowly, then stopped near a car close to the exit gate.
“Two men got off. They had torches and were looking around the place. Then they went close to the car nearest to them and started peeping inside. As they were about to break into the car, the stray dogs started barking. The hassled duo tried to turn them away, but the dogs kept barking. The two men panicked and decided to drive away,” said one of the neighbours.
“This is the dog family that society members have been trying to get rid of. They have even complained against feeding the dogs as they create a menace around here,” said Minal Shah, a businesswoman living in the society.
She added that she stopped feeding the dogs after encountering opposition from neighbours. “I used to do it discreetly. I am glad that people have realised the advantage of keeping them,” she said.’
Must-know stuff of Pariah Dog
Must-know stuff
Pariah: An indigenous and ancient race of domestic dogs which evolved a distinct appearance and character without human intervention. This appearance is called the "long-term pariah morphotype" - click here to see photos of the type. The dog was named after the Pariah tribe of Tamil Nadu which was considered outcast. While the original usage of the term is derogatory, it has been commonly used by cynologists for many years and has no negative connotation in the canine context. Pariah dogs across continents have the same basic physical characteristics. Enthusiasts consider such primitive breeds to be superior in most ways to artificially developed breeds as they are perfectly adapted for survival. Pariah breeds are not only extremely hardy, they are also very alert and have the high-order intelligence required for a free-roaming life under circumstances which are often difficult and even hostile. In biological terms, the pariah dogs of Asia and Africa are of the highest value for study of genetics and origin of the dog.
Cynology is not well-known in India as a field of study and in the early days there were no Indian experts in this area, so terms coined by western scholars tended to stick. Some Indian scholars feel the name Pariah Dog should be changed. I personally am neutral on this issue but am quite open to promoting a name-change if necessary. The name INDog is already being used by some experts and would be perfect for this indigenous breed.
(We should remember that even the words dog, its Hindi equivalent kutta, and bitch are used in a derogatory way although they are obviously perfectly acceptable when used in reference to dogs alone).
Pariah breeds in some parts of the world have now been officially recognized by kennel clubs and are being selectively bred. The best-known are the Canaan Dog of Israel, the Carolina Dog in the US, and the African Basenji.
It is now generally accepted that most of the free-roaming dogs in Indian cities and towns are actually mix-breeds (mongrels), though some certainly look more "mixed" than others. Pure Pariah dogs are more common in rural and remote areas where there are no Eurobreeds or other types of dog to interbreed with, and minimal or no genetic contamination has occurred. In the Club and in this blog we will go by appearances and refer to the "pure-looking" dogs as Pariah dogs or INDogs.
People sometimes use the words "Pariah" and "stray" interchangeably. This is an incorrect usage.
INDog: A dog which perfectly conforms to the true pariah-type. Another name for the Indian Pariah Dog.
Mongrel: (called mutt in the US) A dog of mixed but indeterminate breed, whose lineage is not known. Earlier pariahs were considered to be mongrels but for the last few decades it has been recognized that pariah dogs are a pure, natural breed in their own right. In India almost all mongrels have Indian Pariah mixed in their lineage.
Mongrels exist thanks to irresponsible dog-owners who let their pets mate with strays. This practice not only exposes the pet to serious health risks (including venereal disease), it also increases the already huge street dog population, and lessens the number of genetically "pure" pariahs.
(I've nothing against mongrels - in fact, I think they are adorable - but the reason for their existence is poor pet ownerhip, which is regrettable to say the least. It would be a pity to lose the unique character of the ancient Pariah race because some silly people let their pets roam and breed on the street.)
Pi-dog, pye-dog: A term used by the British. It also means pariah dog.
Stray: There is a lot of confusion about this word and it is frequently used incorrectly. “Stray” does NOT refer to breed but to the legal status of the dog. In India it seems to mean an ownerless, unlicensed free-roaming dog. Since most "strays" in India happen to be Pariahs or mongrels, all these terms are often used interchangeably. This is wrong. Purebreeds abandoned by their owners become strays. Pariahs and mongrels adopted into homes are no longer strays but pets.
I find this word very vague and don't use it much. I prefer the terms "free-roaming" or "free-ranging" dog.
Purebreed: A dog of only one breed, born of selected parents. Most of the commercially recognized “pure” breeds have only been created in the last two centuries, as strict breeding norms were not followed earlier. In actual fact, almost all modern “pure” breeds have been created by mixing two or more breeds.
Pedigree: A recorded line of descent.
This group is informally linked to the NGO The Welfare of Stray Dogs (WSD) where I worked for many years.
Pariah: An indigenous and ancient race of domestic dogs which evolved a distinct appearance and character without human intervention. This appearance is called the "long-term pariah morphotype" - click here to see photos of the type. The dog was named after the Pariah tribe of Tamil Nadu which was considered outcast. While the original usage of the term is derogatory, it has been commonly used by cynologists for many years and has no negative connotation in the canine context. Pariah dogs across continents have the same basic physical characteristics. Enthusiasts consider such primitive breeds to be superior in most ways to artificially developed breeds as they are perfectly adapted for survival. Pariah breeds are not only extremely hardy, they are also very alert and have the high-order intelligence required for a free-roaming life under circumstances which are often difficult and even hostile. In biological terms, the pariah dogs of Asia and Africa are of the highest value for study of genetics and origin of the dog.
Cynology is not well-known in India as a field of study and in the early days there were no Indian experts in this area, so terms coined by western scholars tended to stick. Some Indian scholars feel the name Pariah Dog should be changed. I personally am neutral on this issue but am quite open to promoting a name-change if necessary. The name INDog is already being used by some experts and would be perfect for this indigenous breed.
(We should remember that even the words dog, its Hindi equivalent kutta, and bitch are used in a derogatory way although they are obviously perfectly acceptable when used in reference to dogs alone).
Pariah breeds in some parts of the world have now been officially recognized by kennel clubs and are being selectively bred. The best-known are the Canaan Dog of Israel, the Carolina Dog in the US, and the African Basenji.
It is now generally accepted that most of the free-roaming dogs in Indian cities and towns are actually mix-breeds (mongrels), though some certainly look more "mixed" than others. Pure Pariah dogs are more common in rural and remote areas where there are no Eurobreeds or other types of dog to interbreed with, and minimal or no genetic contamination has occurred. In the Club and in this blog we will go by appearances and refer to the "pure-looking" dogs as Pariah dogs or INDogs.
People sometimes use the words "Pariah" and "stray" interchangeably. This is an incorrect usage.
INDog: A dog which perfectly conforms to the true pariah-type. Another name for the Indian Pariah Dog.
Mongrel: (called mutt in the US) A dog of mixed but indeterminate breed, whose lineage is not known. Earlier pariahs were considered to be mongrels but for the last few decades it has been recognized that pariah dogs are a pure, natural breed in their own right. In India almost all mongrels have Indian Pariah mixed in their lineage.
Mongrels exist thanks to irresponsible dog-owners who let their pets mate with strays. This practice not only exposes the pet to serious health risks (including venereal disease), it also increases the already huge street dog population, and lessens the number of genetically "pure" pariahs.
(I've nothing against mongrels - in fact, I think they are adorable - but the reason for their existence is poor pet ownerhip, which is regrettable to say the least. It would be a pity to lose the unique character of the ancient Pariah race because some silly people let their pets roam and breed on the street.)
Pi-dog, pye-dog: A term used by the British. It also means pariah dog.
Stray: There is a lot of confusion about this word and it is frequently used incorrectly. “Stray” does NOT refer to breed but to the legal status of the dog. In India it seems to mean an ownerless, unlicensed free-roaming dog. Since most "strays" in India happen to be Pariahs or mongrels, all these terms are often used interchangeably. This is wrong. Purebreeds abandoned by their owners become strays. Pariahs and mongrels adopted into homes are no longer strays but pets.
I find this word very vague and don't use it much. I prefer the terms "free-roaming" or "free-ranging" dog.
Purebreed: A dog of only one breed, born of selected parents. Most of the commercially recognized “pure” breeds have only been created in the last two centuries, as strict breeding norms were not followed earlier. In actual fact, almost all modern “pure” breeds have been created by mixing two or more breeds.
Pedigree: A recorded line of descent.
This group is informally linked to the NGO The Welfare of Stray Dogs (WSD) where I worked for many years.
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