Street Dogs

I think that the Indian street dogs are the toughest around. They seem to be able to survive the strangest ailments.

A few years ago there was a dog that snuck into our house while I was picking Micah up from the bus in front of our house. He saw it go in thankfully. The silly dog went into the bathroom and laid down. I couldn't get him to move. I tried pizza and yelling at him to leave, but he just wouldn't. So I went to the neighbor's house and told them that I had a dog that wouldn't leave. They stopped a guy on the street to have this guy help get the dog out. There was a door from the bathroom outside, so it really wasn't a hard walk for the dog, but he just didn't want to go out. So this man had to beat the dog with a stick. There was blood in my bathroom from the dog. I know the dog already had a bloody ear when he came in, but I imagine he got more wounds from the beating.

Well a couple of days later, this same dog came walking down the street. His head wound had gotten worse. It was now a gaping hole in his head. I think I could even see some brain. And as the dog walked by, there was a horrible smell. How could a dog walk around with a serious head injury? I would think it would just go die somewhere (and not in my bathroom).

On our street now, there is a street dog that is missing a leg. Not sure if it was born that way or not. It kind of looks like he lost it some how. But I wonder how a street dog can survive losing a leg. No one takes them to a vet when they get sick. But he is fine and gets along without any problems.

And there are now a bunch of puppies down the street from us. There were 8 to begin with, but I think there are less now. Some looked so weak when I first saw them that I don't doubt that they died. I saw people feeding them. I even brought yogurt to them one day. The ones I see around now are looking pretty healthy. I hope someone adopts them. But if not, they will most likely survive and join the rest of the street dogs.

Comments

Liz said…
My favourite Indian street dog was "Chucky," that one with the crazy underbite. I wonder if he's still around.

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