Paw Wow - Pariah Dogs on the Road

Our Indian feral urban dogs on the road - some happy moments in Bangalore.

The dogs acting here are original Asian stray dogs - what means, they are not any pet dogs which run away from home, or so. No, it means something completely different: this kind of Indian Native dog is a real feral animal, same as Mustang horses or feral dromedars, feral water buffaloes, dingos etc. They have their specific social behaviour such as occupying a territory and defending it against other dogs, forming packs with leaders and so on. Born in the wild, they usually never become pets, even if they can become close to humans - but if You get one as puppy, it may be a good chance to grow him up as a house dog.
If You want to know more about this kind of dogs, just have a look in the wikipedia:
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Pariah_dog
or google key words such as Pariah dog, INdog, pye dog, urban dog, feral dog.

These doggies seen here were wild, but they became meanwhile our close friends - they are not our pets, but they got the habit to stay with us ... whenever they want ... ;-)

Sound: Bada Bing (Mr. J. Medeiros)

Mal ein Blick auf Underdogs aus Pfotenhöhe: Unsere original indischen Streunerchen trödeln auf Straße herum - ein echtes Road Movie mit Momentaufnahmen von ganz unten.

Bei den Hunden handelt es sich um echte indische Straßenhunde, für die es inzwischen sogar eine eigene Bezeichnung bzw. in einigen Ländern wohl sogar einen Rassestandard (!) gibt. Die Indian Native Dogs sind keine entlaufenen Haushunde, sondern offenbar "verwildert", das heißt eine eigene Rasse freilebender Tiere, die ursprünglich mal domestiziert waren und sich dann eigenständig weiterentwickelten, vergleichbar den wilden Mustangs in Nordamerika oder den wilden Wasserbüffeln und Dromedaren oder Dingos in Australien. Diese "Pariahs" leben in Rudeln in streng definierten Revieren, die sie selten verlassen und strikt gegen fremde Hunde verteidigen, und sie haben ein ganz spezifisches Sozialverhalten. Pariahs lassen sich wohl auch ganz gut als Haushunde halten, wenn sie frühzeitig in eine Menschen-Familie integriert werden - bei bereits erwachsenen Pariahs ist das aber eher schwierig.

Mehr Informationen zu dieser Rasse findet man in der englischsprachigen Wikipedia, Link siehe oben.

Diese Pariahs hier haben uns inzwischen mehr oder weniger in ihr Rudel aufgenommen, aber das heißt beispielsweise noch lange nicht, dass sich auch alle von uns anfassen lassen ... sind eben doch wilde Naturen ... ;-)

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[alex4jesus]

@bangalorebobbel: I got her as a pup... She learns extremely quickly but does not want to obey... :)

[bangalorebobbel]

@alex4jesus yes that's typical. Following simply and always any commands is not their business ... ;-)

But that's normal: they are feral animals, and even domesticated individuals remain always very autonomous, compared to normal house dogs.

They may feel as members of Your "family gang", but usually in a way, that everbody can decide on his or her own - there is no boss who tells now do this or now do that, and all do it. They may coordinate their tasks - but they remain always individuals.

[alex4jesus]

where do you stay in bangalore? I have a pariah who has is a house dog, well almost... :)

[bangalorebobbel]

@alex4jesus we stay in Bangalore South. Yes it is possible to keep them as house dogs, when You take them as young puppies they may adjust to that life. These here were already adult strays when we became friends, so they have kept their original behaviour. What means: they usually don't follow any commands and so on ... ;-)

[clydebear]

I live in Singapore and was blessed with one of these type of dogs finding me when I went to the rescue centre. She is the most funniest dog you could ever wish to adopt. Always playful and crazy for human or other dog company. She is very smart, something I put down to inherent "street-smarts" of this kind of dog. If you get a chance to adopt one these type of dogs...don't hesitate. You will never regret it. :)

[obyndjd503]

@bangalorebobbel ah ok nice

[bangalorebobbel]

@obyndjd503 he is one of them - here the first one coming close to the cam, see 0:10 ff

[obyndjd503]

@bangalorebobbel ah I see, maybe she got some bad experience.

how about the dog in your profile who is that?

[bangalorebobbel]

@obyndjd503

no idea why she is untouchable. It seems she was once in the ABC-program (animal birth control program), and maybe she has got there some bad experiences with humans.

ABC is performed by the communal authorities - they catch the strays, give vaccine and do surgery to the females, and leave them afterwards in the same area where they were caught. That's better than killing Pariahs - as they did in former years. That was of course nonsense - if You kill the one, the next will come.

[obyndjd503]

@bangalorebobbel

Ah nice I see, thats good because even if they are wild animals they are friendly.

Why one of them dont want to get touch?

Lol nice I see... that why... I see now why there have more dogs in street in there.

I remember now our dogs when I am a child they are about 10 they are also acting like a pack, and there have one boss in that group, the older in there =)