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I'm a landrace dog fancier. Founder of the INDog Project (www.indog.co.in) and the INDog Club. Before that, I worked with urban free-ranging dogs of Mumbai from 1993-2007. Also a spider enthusiast and amateur arachnologist.

This blog is for primitive dog enthusiasts. It is part of the INDog Project www.indog.co.in. Only INDogs (India's primitive indigenous village dogs) and INDog-mixes (Indies) are featured here. 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 landrace village dog of the Indian subcontinent. I sometimes feature other landrace breeds too. Also see padsociety.org

Thursday, January 28, 2010

Delhi pup Spot needs a home very urgently - only two days left!







Friends,
We rescued Spot around 1.5 months back, and he was to go to a new family but they have backed out. We just have 2 days. Please help! This is an SOS call..his pictures are attached.
The person who was supposed to adopt Spot has been making random excuses to my friend who has been fostering SPOT for a month now and she is in a fix about Spot. She has to leave Delhi for good on the 30th and we need to find him a new home urgently. Please spread the word and help. He is a super active, vaccinated puppy who loves human company. Guys if someone wants to be adopted by a loving puppy who is always adoring you, lets you sleep through the night, is toilet-trained and who is an adorable furball...it's your chance to be adopted by SPOT. Do come forward before the 29th of January to adopt him. Mail us or contact us for this puppy.
Please contact Bonnie at 09818586628 for any questions/inquiries.
We really need your help to find Spot a home in 2 days..he wont be able to survive in a shelter!
Thanks,
Sangeeta
Delhi

Tuesday, January 26, 2010

Tommy, Chinky and Buddy













Manik Godbole's Tommy and Chinky with their handsome friend Buddy, and Buddy's owner Charanjit.

Watching my own dogs has taught me one thing at least - that dogs really LOVE to interact with other dogs. 


More pictures of Tommy and Chinky here.

The last two photos are of Buddy as a pup. Handsome even at that age, wasn't he? They were clicked by me in 2007, for his adoption appeal! He was adopted from a Mumbai non-profit organization.
Photos: Dr Manik Godbole
Buddy's puppy photos: Rajashree

Monday, January 25, 2010

Three fat irresistible little puppies for adoption - Delhi/NCR













This appeal is being circulated by Angel Eyes Animal Welfare. The three pups are between 4 and 6 weeks of age, and very healthy. They are located in Gurgaon.

The black and white one is male, the other two are female.

Please circulate as much as possible!

Those interested should contact Hina at 09873557170.

Delhi/NCR

Note: These are just a few of the many dogs needing homes all around India. Please go to "Links" and visit the adoption blogs listed to see other animals up for adoption.

Sunday, January 24, 2010

Lady and the Tramp




















Yesterday on the beach. Two ladies here really, Lalee and Kimaya - but perhaps calling Kimaya a lady is stretching it a bit.

The large and handsome mix-breed is Brownie, officially the pet of one of my neighbours, but a vagabond at heart who spends most of his time roaming the beach and woods with his many friends. Brownie is really special and is dearly loved by most of my family (exclude Bandra, Tabbyrani and MiniPini). He features in several posts in this blog: click here, here and here. He is very fond of Kimaya and protects her from other dogs on the beach. They both love running, and the sight of them racing each other is pure magic, but I'll never be able to click this properly as they are both super-fast and all you can see is two blurs.

The usual horrible hordes of weekend tourists had started arriving at Nagaon (with accompanying cars, bikes, paragliders, pony carts, cricket bats, plastic bags, bottles and other trash). There were also the usual number of funny people who scream and jump in terror when a happy dog dashes by.

So we walked further up the beach to Aksi, which is still quiet and dotted with pretty boats and flocks of gulls and plovers and sandpipers and other shore birds. A dog can still be a dog there...for now.


(Sequel: Brownie was also our dinner guest last night, and he slept over on a blanket on the back porch. This was a trial visit and we plan to have him over daily to play with Kimaya. Let's hope it works.)

Aksi-Nagaon

Saturday, January 23, 2010

Urgent: Please find a home for Coco



Hi all,
This is Nithya Pari from Chennai!!

Coco has had no luck finding a home and would very much appreciate it if you could ransack your phone books and mailing lists for a family that would want her. Maureen and her family are leaving for Ireland anytime now and have no idea what to do. Please get in touch with her at 09047754286 if you can help. Coco is very friendly with people and is a good guard dog but doesn't get along that well with other pets, so someone who doesn't already have a dog would be perfect for her! Thanks again!

We have been sending this mail to everyone and really need help urgently!
Please mail us at tags@gmail.com or just call up Maureen! Any help would be greatly appreciated! Thanks a million!

FOR COCOS PIC AND DETAILS, PLEASE CHECK THE LINK BELOW-
http://www.facebook.com/photo.php?pid=5019239&id=736411426#/photo.php?pid=5019239&id=736411426


PEOPLE, PLEASE PLEASE SPREAD THE WORD FOR ADOPTION. COCO CANT BE TAKEN TO IRELAND AS THEY HAVE LONG QUARANTINE PROCEDURE AND IT WON'T WORK HER. PLEASE EMAIL THIS TO AS MANY FRIENDS AS POSSIBLE AND HELP IN GETTING HER A WARM LOVING PERMANENT FAMILY!

Nithya Pari
Chennai/Bangalore