Roshni

Another puppy member from Hyderabad. I'm really thrilled about how this adoption happened. Minna found Roshni's adoption appeal in the "Straysrhot" blog, which she found through this blog. See why I keep telling people to post and circulate appeals? It's just possible that a pup will get a loving home because we did that little bit of extra work.

Roshni's story, told by Minna:

I've fairly recently moved to Hyderabad from Finland and seen a multitude of street dogs around the neighbourhood. They sparked an interest in me as I've been without a dog for almost a year now. I had to let my last dog go to greener hunting grounds in October last year and I still miss him. Anyway, my husband and I have been keeping half an eye on the streets for a couple of months now for a puppy we could adopt, without luck. Once I found this blog, I of course went clickety-click on the adoption links there and stumbled on a post about puppies for adoption in Hyderabad. One girl was still there, and the next day we brought her home.

She is 3-5 months old and is very sweet and gentle, and quite vocal when she wants attention. She hasn't been handled very much, as she goes into a very submissive pose whenever she's touched - hopefully we can change that with time. She enjoys her belly rubs and scritches thoroughly though once she gets over the initial timidness. After much thought, we've decided to name her Roshni.

This picture was taken 15 minutes after we got home.



This one was a few hours afterwards, with her in her fort - (aka bed - she refused to set foot out of it for hours, probably because she wasn't allowed in the house in her first home).



This one is Roshni in her fort again on the second day, with some of the treasures the little thief had dragged there. She seems to like flipflops a lot, as we keep finding out. Actually, anything that isn't nailed down or on a table eventually ends up in her bed.

She's a bit timid at times and doesn't really look forward to being picked up, but she doesn't try to wriggle out of it either. During the evenings she gets hyperactive and wants to play and bark and run around like she's on speed. She gets away with it for a while, until I decide enough is enough and catch her for some cuddle therapy. Meaning she gets bundled up in my arms and we lie down on the bed, she gets kisses, scritches and belly rubs and we get some peace and quiet!

Text and photos: Minna Lintu
Hyderabad

Angel

Angel was one of the three or four dogs that I would feed biscuits, outside my office...she was always at a distance but at the same time the most trusting of them all (at least it looked like that).

She needed medical attention and I finally mustered the courage to pick her up from the street and take her to a vet, end of December '09. She stayed at the vet's clinic for a month as she needed medical attention for a venereal tumour and skin infections. It was the vet's grandchildren who gave her the name "Angel."

She has ever since been with me.

I did try, and every once in a while keep trying, to look out for a home that would do justice to her...I am a working person and I have to leave my dog and the cat at home for a while (separated of course) when I am at work. Somehow she has been true to her name, she's such an Angel...she has never been troublesome and has adapted to my life. Somewhere inside I know she will remain with me!

Sarabjeet Kaur
Hyderabad

Rajashree's note: This is so like my adoption of Lalee! I had admitted her to an NGO birth control centre to be spayed and she picked up Canine Distemper. I rushed her to the Parel hospital for treatment and she spent 10 days there, after which I brought her home to nurse her back to health. The plan was to return her to the golf course where she had originally lived. Then the plan changed and she was going to be our Nagaon dog. Then she got severe eczema and had to stay in our Mumbai apartment a little bit longer. Then of course it became obvious that she wasn't going anywhere! I used to work in an NGO at that time and would be out of the house for five or six hours a day. Like Sarabjeet I had guilt pangs about leaving her alone for so long, though there were two maids who came to the house at that time. But she isn't the kind of dog who needs company continuously and she adapted beautifully. Even now that she has Bandra and Puppy for company, she tends to sit apart from them most of the time.

Phoebe

Phoebe wearing her new Club tag. Pretty pretty pretty!

Click here for Phoebe's story.
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Photo: Sneha Koilada, Satya Kandala
Hyderabad