Tuesday 28 July 2009

Know about Indian Dog

Know about Indian Dog 

Are you proud to be an Indian? Why aren't you proud, if your dog is also an Indian? This blog is to bring awareness about the Indian dogs and also helping our precious dog breed from extinction. Let’s look at the ancient history about the dogs. The 1st reference of Indian dog we find in these Vedas. The mythology says that “Indra " the King of God was having a bitch called "Sarama" and when all cows of these divined bodies were stolen by their bad counterparts Asuras the Sarama was entrusted a job of finding the cows. On search Sarama went to Patallok [nether world] where she found the cows and at that time Asura�s offered bribe to Sarama & tried to corrupt Sarama.When Sarama rejected all the offerings and gave a true test of Indian canine loyalty towards her master. Sarama the divine bitch has two daughters called Shama (means black) and Shalala (means dotted).These bitches also appeared in various mythological stories. i.e. In Mahabharata, when Raja Janmejaya was carrying out sarpayadyna [forcing all snakes by mantravidya to jump into a fire) Shabala entered the pendal & she was driven away as dogs were not permitted to entered in sacrificial place. But before this also in Ramayana it is said that Bharata brother of Rama was gifted with dogs from his uncle.

The domesticated dog was present in India from Vedic times. Even his loyalty for his master is also recognized by the ancient Indians. It is said that in Mahabharata when Yudhishthira & other Pandavas travelled to their final destination in Himalays, one by one fell down as they committed some sins in their life and last was Yudhishthira with his dog. When they reached their final destination i.e. heaven, at the doors of heaven, Indra told them, Yudhishthira alone can enter the heaven without his dog, Yudhishthira refused saying that it would be great sin if he desert his loyal follower. At the end Dharma (Hindu deity of Principals of life) appeared who was in disguise of dog and they both entered the heaven.

It’s apparent from all above mentioned evidences of togetherness of ancient Indians. However dogs as pet concepts are not present in India in general. Dog should live and stay outside the house only. But then this rendered the Indian dog’s very hardy composition. They are fit to survive in Indian climate and thrive on any food. It is said that Indian dogs is a products of crossing between canine familiaries and canis dhukuminius but this is question of research as Indian dogs has got 5000 years strong history. We do not know whether they intermingled 5000 years ago, but we can definitely say that these dogs (distinctive breeds) hunted& guarded this land for time immemorial.

India as said invaded by may people in these 5000 years. Aryans, Shak, Kasushan, Hune, Greek, Muslims and finally Britishers. This culture digested all of them beyond recognition. Out of all these invaders none of them was able to retain its different identity in this land and become part and parcel .except Muslims. However, other domesticated animals which were accompanying their masters also lost their identity in this land and became part and parcel of this culture .Also we cannot segregate these animals from Indian dogs .There is another reason also for various types of dogs found in this land, as from times immemorial. India has got strong trade routes for all over the world. We use to import horses from Arabia and export spices to Western world .Now there are four regions if we want to study Indian breeds Dog domestication. Conrad Lorenz, Nobel-prize winning ethologist, points out in his book The Man Meets Dog that it was possibly in India, in the Mesolithic period that the dog was first domesticated. The Indian wolf is said to be the ancestor of the domestic dog. Some prehistoric rock paintings discovered recently in Tamil Nadu depict men hunting with dogs. Are you a proud owner to have an Indian dog now?

Let’s adopt an Indian dog and prevent them from extinction. I kindly ask all the reader's to do word of mouth about this site to your friends, also you could add it Orkut, Myspace and other social networking sites. I also ask the readers to share your valuable information about our breeds. Please kindly look for updates in this blog as, I am going to post some information about our breeds and also going to start a section for adoption, where people could post their ads. Thanks & Regards, Diwakar Note: History, Man meets dog are all the valuable data collection of mine (not my sole content) belonging to unknown person. All Credits goes to these people.

Regards,

Diwakar

3 comments:

  1. I agree that Indian dogs are good breed. it is only the mentality we get from Britishers that their dogs are superior. I have personally seen Indian dogs, much loyal and even they die to save their owner. Also, Indian dogs don't need much food or care because they adapt very well to Indian climate. While Foreign breed dogs need more care and more visit to vet, as compared to Indian breed. I guess, we don't have strict rules for pet. Once govt. make it strict, people will realize how expensive these foreign pets are...

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