dogs club

Beautiful INDog-mix   Arrow  was on this blog last May; and Shelby sent an update about him some days ago.  I love all the heart-warming adoption stories here, but Arrow's is particularly satisfying. I'll never forget his anxious little face in his early photos, when he was going from foster to foster. And look at him now, so happily settled with Sheldon, Aiden and their two cats!  Shelby writes: 'It has been almost a year since Arrow entered our lives and we couldn't be happier. He is a wonderfully affectionate boy. He is very intelligent, and has become an excellent watch dog. He takes special pride in watching over us. He loves his walks, running in fields, and going on trips with us. We are overjoyed to have stumbled upon him and given him a home.' Some photos, including lovely portraits with Aiden: Photos: Shelby Amador Nava USA Please do not use images or content from this site without permission and acknowledgment

Remember I mentioned last week that  Matrix  had a brother called Rusty? Here he is! Just as handsome and just as lucky! When the pups' mother died, a very kind-hearted student named Sushant rescued them. He already owns a pair of dogs. And two students at his college, Rupesh and Rahul, had often mentioned that they'd like to keep dogs. So he asked them about adopting the orphans. Rupesh took Matrix and Rahul Ganguly took home Rusty.  Rahul is an animal lover and already has four aquariums and a rabbit. But  Rusty is his first dog. 'It was a tough challenge for me as I'd never had a puppy,' he says. 'It was like a leap of faith when I brought Rusty home.' 'At first my mom was very uncomfortable with him as she was afraid of dogs. 'But eventually Rusty made such a bond with all of us that her fear was totally gone. And nowadays she is mostly seen cuddling him!' Just like his brother Matrix, Rusty is now 5 months old. And already growing into a bea...

Just got the latest  Sophie  news from Goa! And it's all lovely and has put a big smile on my face. This gorgeous Indy princess is now 18 months old, and astonishingly smart (no surprises there). And astonishingly smart at getting her doting humans to pamper her (no surprises there, either!) Remember how she adopted her humans instead of the other way around? 'I don't know if I ever told you the reason for her name,' writes David. 'I think it's something very cute. You see, she chose us, we didn't choose her... And there's a movie by the name of "Sophie's Choice"...right? Well that's why she's called Sophie. We're her choice!' She's still as energetic as ever, more intelligent than I could ever have imagined, and a very picky eater. Surprising for her background - but she seems to have understood that if she says she doesn't like something, we won't force her to eat it or starve her till she does - but will get ...

I love raven-black dogs; and you can't get more raven-black than Jazzy! This beautiful little INDog-mix was adopted by Vandana Deshpande Vaidya in Bangalore in mid-2013. She has featured on our  Facebook INDog page  a few times, but never on this blog, so here are two of her early photos. Jazzy and Vandana's other dog, GSD Sasha, recently shifted with her to the US (upstate NY).  'It was a roller coaster journey, but finally all's well,' writes Vandana. There was an ecstatic reunion with Vandana's husband who had gone there earlier.                                                                                                                                ...

Guess what I like best about the INDog Project? Here's the answer: lots of really nice, humane people email me. The rare kind of people who notice and help small forlorn creatures.  Every time that happens, I go: 'Oh well, there are some good humans in the world after all.' And the next best thing about the INDog Project is, I get to see the CUTEST puppy photos!! Just go through this blog and you'll see what I mean! Here's the latest cutie: Matrix, a handsome five-month-old in Bhilai, Chhattisgarh! Matrix and his brother Rusty are orphans. Their mother died soon after giving birth to them. Luckily the pups were rescued and taken into a home. And when Matrix was one month old, he was adopted by Rupesh Kumar, a student living in Bhilai.  (The other pup Rusty was adopted by Rupesh's friend; I hope to feature him too, in a later post). Matrix fell ill with a viral liver infection a few weeks ago, but he has recovered now after treatment. He's five months old. ...