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In January 2011 I posted about Shanti, Scott Rothstein's beautiful INDog rescued from certain death on a Delhi street. Read about her in the post INDog in the East.   Shanti passed away a few months ago. "She had a pretty remarkable life," writes Scott. "Found almost dead on the streets of Delhi...brought back to life then ends up living the life of a diplomat. Three years on the US Embassy compound in Delhi, moves to a high-rise in Tokyo, then moves to a diplomat's apartment in Bangkok. Everywhere she went, she was totally loved by everyone who met her. My wife finished her post in Bangkok (in mid-2012). We moved from Thailand back to the US. We wanted to take Shanti back with us, but I was very concerned that the trip would be too much for her. She would be in a crate for as long as 30 hours. We don't really know how old she was...in that when we found her on the street, the vet thought she was between one and three years old. So at this time she could have...

Stuti Jain's touching tribute to a beloved family member This is about my little brother Lucky. He is no longer with me now...but he will be in my heart forever.  He was by my side when my human best friends left me alone...His licking my face, the wag of his tail, his bark made me feel happy about my life during some bad days. I guess all dogs are cute but Lucky was the most handsome dog I ever came across. He had the cutest and most innocent face a dog can ever have. But his acts were not that innocent (!) Once he ate the shoe of a guest who came for dinner to our place. He ate almost everything, from curtains to my expensive shoes to chair legs...everything. He had those chewing toys but he was rarely interested in playing with them. He just loved spoiling things in his free time. It was tough to punish him because of the guilty look he gave afterwards. My brother and I rescued him from a street near my house after he and his mother got hit in an accident. His mother was dead by...

Radha is a very cute INDog-mix from Chennai, who recently got adopted in the US.  Owner Constance wrote in about her: I live in San Francisco, California. I was looking for a mix-breed dog to adopt. I was on a local website called 'Grateful Dogs.' There was a photo of Finnegan, a mixed hound dog from South India. I couldn't believe my eyes. I had just returned from Tamil Nadu and Kerala a couple of months prior to this. Tamil Nadu holds a special place in my heart. I have visited India four times, twice to Pondicherry to visit Sri Aurobindo's ashram. I emailed Shannon McDonnell, the contact person for Finnegan. She telephoned me right away and told me Finnegan was no longer available, but was I interested in hearing about another dog, Claire? As it happened Shannon and her husband, Tim Cloonan, lived in Tamil Nadu for six years for Tim's job, and brought their dog, a female boxer with them. Tim and Shannon rescued six Indian 'country dogs' with the help of t...

This handsome INDog-mix belongs to Birgit Drawe and her family. He was adopted in Tamil Nadu and now lives with them in Spain. Birgit sent me his story: For the past two years I've been the happy owner of Goldi. Goldi was one of seven puppies born at a church in Kottivakam/Chennai. One day my neighbours decided to take him to their place in Akkarai. When they realized the dog was damaging shoes and stealing food, they chased him out of the compound. Happily our caretaker's dog befriended Goldi when he was lonely, sitting by the side of the road. Step by step Goldi entered our hearts. Now a life without him is unthinkable. Last year our company shifted us to Spain. I was not sure whether he would adjust to his new life, but he managed perfectly. In Spain you find dogs with features similar to Goldi. They are called Podencos. Often people tell us how beautiful Goldi looks, and they ask us whether he is a Podenco or an Australian Dingo. Then I tell them very proudly, no he is a na...

I've been admiring Bhuku for a long time on our  Facebook page . She's a beautiful Kolkata INDog owned by Arup Chatterjee and his family. Lots of funny expressions and of course those gorgeous INDog ears! I asked Arup for some more photos of her. And here they are, along with her adoption story:  My wife and son rescued a street puppy that someone left in front of our gate. She was extremely ill. Almost paralyzed and could not stand up or even raise her head to eat any food. We started treating her. After seven days she could stand up a little. And with continued treatment she is fit and fine. S he is extremely naughty and playful. She runs with such speed it always amazes us (we didn't think she'd ever be able to even stand!) Loves to eat and play. The way she greets me when I return home from work fills my heart with joy. She is like the daughter to us that we never had. We named her 'Bhuku' - seems strange? The reason is when she was small she used to bark w...

In the winter of 2010-11 Koel Chatterji rescued seven beautiful INDog pups in Kolkata.  Here is their story: "It was the morning after Christmas, 2010. I woke up to my aunt Moon Moon's call: she lives a few houses away from me. A bitch called Leju had given birth to a litter of six pups on the ground floor of a house that was under renovation. My aunt had named her Leju because of her incessant tail wagging - lej means 'tail' in Bengali. Leju hadn't been doing too well and my aunt wanted me to check on her. I found the dog roaming around restlessly, unable to sit for more than a few minutes at a stretch. In spite of the obvious pain and discomfort she was in she kept going to nurse her pups. My friend Indranil, who currently has 15 INDogs at his home, arrived and managed to catch Leju, while I bundled up the pups, three boys and three girls, in an old bedsheet much like Santa's sack of gifts! And then I brought them home. We started Leju on IV fluids. She calm...