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    Quote Originally Posted by Mendip View Post
    All I was told was that her mum was a lab... although as with everything else here I take that snippet with a big pinch of salt.
    Looks like a Thai ridgeback, especially the colouring and size. They like to jump fences I heard. She may be able to get hold of that squirrel

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    Quote Originally Posted by TheRealKW View Post
    With strays, you do not know their history or bad habits.
    Yes that is the unknown. My parents adopted a dog at the local SPCA working like most do, that they should help a homeless abandoned dog. All was Ok for awhile then apparently the trauma it had endured prior surfaced and the dog became a neurotic wreck. My parents kept trying but finally gave up and tried to take it back to the SPCA saying the dog was outta control. The SPCA could not find a family and it was put down.

    Again, Like Mendip. I see numerous "Strays" that are just fed by locals at their gate with what appears to be left over rice and whatever. Terrible diet. They have zero discipline and as an older dog trying to reel that in to have them be a behaved pet is a lot of work. In my Mooban, all the dogs look the same. There are 1 or 2 roaming males that impregnate all the females and the dogs all look the same. Over by the river I hear a litter of puppies howling away. I do not even go look. Its the Thai Dog life here unfortunately

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    Quote Originally Posted by Dillinger View Post
    Looks like a Thai ridgeback, especially the colouring and size. They like to jump fences I heard. She may be able to get hold of that squirrel
    For sure she's got some ridgeback in her... colour and the beautiful ridge running down her spine. And it was only after posting this pic that I realised how badly she had damaged my Puma shoe... bless her!



    I've always fancied having a pure breed Thai Ridgeback but we always seem to be inundated with mongrels. A good friend of mine in Perth had a Rhodesian Ridgeback and it was a wonderful dog, but very powerful. I think you have to know what you're doing.

    I think the ridgeback gene for the fur must be a strong one. Anna also has a ridge of fur running down her spine but is obviously a long way from a pure breed. It'll be very interesting to see how Maya turns out.

    But anyway Dill, I told them you were popping over tonight to give some more long promised musings about the outlook for the UK.

    They're all waiting!


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    Quote Originally Posted by Mendip View Post
    And it was only after posting this pic that I realised how badly she had damaged my Puma shoe...
    Put the Jesus sandals out for her to destroy, win/win

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    Quote Originally Posted by Mendip View Post

    I've always fancied having a pure breed Thai Ridgeback but we always seem to be inundated with mongrels. A good friend of mine in Perth had a Rhodesian Ridgeback and it was a wonderful dog, but very powerful. I think you have to know what you're doing.
    I once dog-sat a friend's Rhodesian Ridgeback. The deal was to make sure it got plenty of walks, it had a lead that could have been used to moor the Ark Royal. It was a nice natured animal. However, it walked where it wanted to walk and I dragged along behind it. Strongest dog I've ever met.

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    ^^ Lose/lose more like.

    It took me ages to find them. Destroying the wife's shoes is one thing, but if Maya starts chewing my smart sandals she'll soon be looking for a new home.

    ^ First bred as guard dogs and to hunt lions in southern Africa I believe.

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    Quote Originally Posted by TheRealKW View Post
    With strays, you do not know their history or bad habits.
    My brother and his wife are childless and longed for a dog. Neither of them had ever owned a dog before. Being socially aware they went for a rescue dog. They wanted a particularly fancy breed, some kind of medium to large sized terrier I think it is. The history was unclear, seems it had been poorly treated. It came with a dog psychologist visiting once a week to check on progress and advise. It is a nightmare animal, it cannot go within eyesight of another dog without going ballistic. The dog doctor stopped coming and when a replacement arrived she said everything they had been told to do was wrong. Then she stopped coming too.

    They still have the dog. It is okay to visit them, they have a certain amount of control in the house. Outside, they rent hours at a special field with a secure perimeter where people with mad dogs go for exercise. It's their life now. They didn't have time to talk on the phone at Christmas because it was the dog's day to go to the field. FFS.

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    I love my dogs and get tremendous satisfaction out of finding or giving a doomed puppy a home, but there has to be limits.

    All of ours arrived as puppies or young adolescents, before I thought they could have been damaged. Although, Max is a bit weird, a result I think of inbreeding and Yogi hates to be touched, a result I think of a builder kicking him before we brought him in. We have space and they live outside in a walled garden, sleeping in the gardener's kitchen or the workshop, and it works OK. But I'm under no illusion that either Max or Yogi would make good house dogs living in a normal western set up. It would be impossible, but is fine with our set up.

    As JP said, inbreeding is a problem amongst many street dogs, with a dominant male impregnating every females on his patch, whether they be daughters, granddaughters, etc. Unless you're pretty sure of the parents there will be an element of chance when taking one on.

    This doesn't put me off giving them homes however, but six is enough and it certainly makes a difference now having Maya who seems to have more breeding and is way more intelligent than the others. You're unlikely to get a dog that will beg and fetch from the street, but if you have space I think it's great to give these guys a chance.

    Here is Dan who would have been dead fourteen and a half years ago if we hadn't brought her in. She's a fantastic and loyal dog who I really can't fault... I can even dress her up in the wife's underwear without complaint. Sadly she wees herself in her sleep now but it's a pleasure to give such a lovely, loyal, fantastic dog regular showers... she deserves it.



    It can also be incredibly upsetting trying to help these dogs. When I returned home a few weeks ago there were three puppies on my patch I was trying to find homes for. I'd managed to get them tame enough to come close for food and they would have made lovely pets with a bit or initial work. The parents were also around and both had lovely temperaments. Some wanker decided to leave a batch of poisoned food out a couple of weeks ago. The boldest puppy was killed straight away, having eaten the most. A beautiful brown bitch with white feet took a week to die and then the last died a few days ago. I buried each one with a sense of failure... but they were just not yet tame enough to bring in for rehoming. Had I arrived home a month before they would have been homed and happy now. Life really didn't give these guys a chance.
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    Quote Originally Posted by Mendip View Post
    I can even dress her up in the wife's underwear without complaint.
    Without complaint from the wife?


    A slow death from poison must be a terrible way to go. Some people are simply despicable.

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    All i get what you are saying ref strays. When i was little we adopted a dog that had been abandoned and it worked ok for 3 months, then one day like a switch she just got funny about having her lead put on, started snapping and bit a few times. My father said that's it and off to the rescue she went.

    If i get a few in Thailand they will have to be young so they hopefully haven't picked up too many bad ways or are past the stage where you can train then. The odd thing is that all my dogs and there have been a few over the years, have all been able to walk off the lead and heel anywhere in towns etc. They'd sit and wait at controlled crossings etc. Having dogs in Thailand will necessitate a different approach with a lead due to all the strays and that will take some getting used to, i'll still teach them without a lead though.
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    Quote Originally Posted by Mendip View Post

    ^ First bred as guard dogs and to hunt lions in southern Africa I believe.
    If you are a follower of Ian Smith and arrive in a car OK. If you favour the ANC and try walking up the driveway they turn into guard dogs!

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    Tonight on the dog feeding round I saw a bitch, obviously nursing, who ran off when I approached. I've seen her once or twice before and a guy who lives there said that she comes around in the mornings looking for food. At least I think that's what he said... could have just as easily been talking about the weather.

    I decided to go searching... and eventually came across these two guys in the middle of some undergrowth.



    I would say they're around six weeks old, in excellent health and were as calm as a millpond when I picked them up. They were in the middle of nowhere and I'm convinced I was their first human contact, so remarkable that they were so easy. What a lovely pair... tame, placid and healthy.

    The brown one is a boy, the white and brown a girl. The mum is medium sized, tan coloured and the dad (I am pretty sure) is also medium sized and brown, has a home and is very friendly. He also has a GSOH and enjoys long walks on the beach.

    Here they are, modelled by the gardener. Remember, this was the first time they'd ever been picked up. As calm as cucumbers.



    We left a big bowl of food and a bowl of water nearby for the mum... I'm sure she was watching us from the undergrowth, and left them be.

    I'm still upset after sadly losing three puppies on my patch this month, so I'm determined to find these guys a home. A couple of week's time would be perfect, before they get too mobile but in the meantime can benefit from their mother's milk and discipline. I can deliver within reason, even if it means a weekend solo away from home. I'll even pay for the girl to be neutered.

    So come on... who can give these guys a home?

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    Cute Pups Mendip. Man you have some prolific dogs in your village. That girls colors should be really interesting when older.

    Good luck on finding a home.

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    The gardener's arms look younger than I imagined.

    It's also the name of a pub unused to frequent at 16.

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    Quote Originally Posted by Mendip View Post
    So come on... who can give these guys a home?
    Go on then mate. I'll take them both.

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    Shirley, you should take them for yourself, Mendy.

    You know how that works - one can never have enough mangy, smelling, flea-ridden, dinner plate lickin', disease carrying creatures on the compound.


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    ^ And thats just the gardener.

    Those two look like they may have some Bangkaew in them

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    Quote Originally Posted by Mendip View Post
    Tonight on the dog feeding round I saw a bitch, obviously nursing, who ran off when I approached. I've seen her once or twice before and a guy who lives there said that she comes around in the mornings looking for food. At least I think that's what he said... could have just as easily been talking about the weather.

    I decided to go searching... and eventually came across these two guys in the middle of some undergrowth.



    I would say they're around six weeks old, in excellent health and were as calm as a millpond when I picked them up. They were in the middle of nowhere and I'm convinced I was their first human contact, so remarkable that they were so easy. What a lovely pair... tame, placid and healthy.

    The brown one is a boy, the white and brown a girl. The mum is medium sized, tan coloured and the dad (I am pretty sure) is also medium sized and brown, has a home and is very friendly. He also has a GSOH and enjoys long walks on the beach.

    Here they are, modelled by the gardener. Remember, this was the first time they'd ever been picked up. As calm as cucumbers.



    We left a big bowl of food and a bowl of water nearby for the mum... I'm sure she was watching us from the undergrowth, and left them be.

    I'm still upset after sadly losing three puppies on my patch this month, so I'm determined to find these guys a home. A couple of week's time would be perfect, before they get too mobile but in the meantime can benefit from their mother's milk and discipline. I can deliver within reason, even if it means a weekend solo away from home. I'll even pay for the girl to be neutered.

    So come on... who can give these guys a home?
    i would

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    Quote Originally Posted by armstrong View Post
    The gardener's arms look younger than I imagined.

    It's also the name of a pub unused to frequent at 16.
    Stop thinking about the gardener and give these pups a home... I can bring them down to you.

    Did I mention that they're great with kids as well?

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    Quote Originally Posted by HuangLao View Post
    You know how that works - one can never have enough mangy, smelling, flea-ridden, dinner plate lickin', disease carrying creatures on the compound.

    Six is enough... too many to be honest but we have space.

    And hey... I'm trying to advertise them here!

    Just for the record they have no mange, they smell lovely and have no fleas. The mum is doing a great job and their table manners are impeccable.

    And as for disease... none whatsoever and I'll cover their first rabies and parvo jabs.

    A unique chance for a beautiful pair of genuine Thai puppies.



    Quote Originally Posted by Dillinger View Post
    Those two look like they may have some Bangkaew in them
    There is a very handsome Bangkaew in that area with a home, who's let out to roam early every morning. I see him on the dog walks.

    I think you are right... so let's add half pedigree to the list of attributes. What an opportunity for someone.
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    Maya's training continues.

    While I still have aspirations of her becoming a 'house' dog and concentrate on toilet training and basic commands, Yogi has other ideas and today showed her how to brutally kill a rat snake and break it into pieces. I heard his 'snake' bark but arrived too late to save the poor thing.


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    ^ well, she does need to learn how to deal with one if you aren't around to rescue her.

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    Quote Originally Posted by Dillinger View Post
    Go on then mate. I'll take them both.

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    There's something wrong with the address mate, it wouldn't go through. Can you check it please?

    But your luck is in... they were both in the same spot tonight and the food had gone. I reckon the mum with a lovely temperament just retreated while I was there and watched me put new food down. These are well looked after pups.

    I've seen a few puppies in my time but this pair really stand out... they're gorgeous.

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    That's a well loved T-shirt? I reckon it would serve great as an emergency hanky...

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    And this is why I love to keep dogs.

    Every morning on return from the school run, I close the gate and am greeted like this...


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