Thread: Thai Dog Owners

Unless it's a tiny dog, Thais generally seem to let their dogs stray farther from home as they age until they become semi-street dogs and stop feeding them or caring for them medically- training doesn't seem to be a priority.

There are exceptions, of course.

A kick to the head, now and again, is about all.

Originally Posted by njdesi

Do Thais in general train their dogs?

Do Thais teach table manners to their kids ? Obvious reply expected. So why would they train their dogs.

All the dogs in northern Thailand seem to be fully well trained to shit all over the streets.
Personally, I thought the trade in exporting street dogs to Vietnam for pooch a la roast, was a bloody fine initiative.

Thai dogs are smarter than their owners, hence they never get trained. I've always said that dogs shouldn't be allowed to have Thais.

Nearly everyone in our street has a dog or 2 and they let them wander about a bit. One liked to come in our garden, but I have now trained him by slamming the gate on him.

I have a soi dog it go 400 metres away to have a s=ite but now we are running out of space & she is old

But she is still a good dog
Also the little poodle down the road will get the BB gun up the a=se if I see them have a dump out side my house.

Originally Posted by FailSafe

Unless it's a tiny dog, Thais generally seem to let their dogs stray farther from home as they age until they become semi-street dogs and stop feeding them or caring for them medically- training doesn't seem to be a priority.

There are exceptions, of course.

There is a great percentage of exceptions.

My wife has three semi soi dogs. She trained them and has vet cards and shots on each one. She lets them run with the pack of soi dogs on our street, about 20 of them. They almost all sleep in my driveway every night. I never lock my garage or even close the door. I never worry about our vehicle. Only problem we have ever had is when someone new comes to visit - we must go out to the driveway so they can get in safely.

they look after your house

Originally Posted by Ceburat1

we must go out to the driveway so they can get in safely.

That would be "when you're home?"

Originally Posted by Ratchaburi

they look after your house

Geese are better for these applications....
And they don't need to be trained.

Once they establish their domain - they stay put. Yet independent to their being.

Loyal...in a quirky way.

Originally Posted by Rural Surin

Originally Posted by Ratchaburi

they look after your house

Geese are better for these applications....
And they don't need to be trained.

Once they establish their domain - they stay put. Yet independent to their being.

Loyal...in a quirky way.

Yes soi bog are & soi cat

Yup the question here is can a Thai dog train its owner..

Originally Posted by Rural Surin

There is a great percentage of exceptions.

What percent do you reckon? 3?

Originally Posted by Rural Surin

Geese are better

Peacocks are used as well...but like Geese they to would be found edible or preferred over that of the local canine. Thai's do have good taste...therefore no animal feels safe in the arms of its Thai owner.

round here no thai trains there dogs, every house seems to have 2 or 3 of the snappy bastards,
but they all seem to have more road sense than your average thai motorcycle rider,
they wait for the vehicle to pass before moving across the road.

Originally Posted by Marmite the Dog

Thai dogs are smarter than their owners, hence they never get trained. I've always said that dogs shouldn't be allowed to have Thais.

Too funny, and so true.

I once saw a dog on the telly that could count and I have a university educated Autocad assistant here that used a calculator to subtract 9 from 280 the other day.

^Did he double check the results?

Originally Posted by ltnt

Originally Posted by Ceburat1

we must go out to the driveway so they can get in safely.

That would be "when you're home?"

Our house is right next door MIL house. She feeds dogs when we are away. One time I accidently left two main doors unlocked for two weeks while away. I also left a few thousand baht laying on the table. We left in a hurry because of a medical emergency in the family a ways away. So I assume that when I am away all is well. My money was still on the table when I returned.

^^ The dog was spot on, the Thai is still tapping away....

Originally Posted by Rural Surin

Originally Posted by Ratchaburi

they look after your house

Geese are better for these applications....
And they don't need to be trained.

Once they establish their domain - they stay put. Yet independent to their being.

Loyal...in a quirky way.

All of the farmers I knew in yorkshire kept geese as farm yard guard 'dogs', noisy, aggressive and absolutely no sense of fear; from time to time they would happily go out and take on a lorry or car on the main road and end up as dinner.

Thais train dogs with big sticks. They throw big sticks at other people's dogs and beat the shit out of their own dogs with them.