Comments on: India’s Strict Dog Rules http://www.bigpawsonly.com/dog-blog/indias-strict-dog-rules Living the Big Dog Dream Wed, 07 Jan 2009 06:38:18 +0000 http://wordpress.org/?v=2.0 by: Durga http://www.bigpawsonly.com/dog-blog/indias-strict-dog-rules#comment-359 Sat, 08 Jul 2006 22:52:47 +0000 http://www.bigpawsonly.com/dog-blog/indias-strict-dog-rules#comment-359 Love My Emmee is really showing some ignorance here -- have you ever been to India? Obviously not as you seem to have no idea what India or Indian people are about. Well I have been there and I can tell you that what you really need to object to in these laws is that they show no interest in aiding the feral dogs. I stayed with a family in India that had a German Shepherd and a small spitz and I can tell you that these dogs were part of the family and cared for very well. They had special meals cooked for them every day, as there really isn't such a thing as commercial dog food there or it is very expensive or hard to find. This was a middle class family, not a wealthy family, but still, dog ownership is not that popular in India. What really bugged me about this family was the way they saw the feral dogs there as completely different creatures. There are feral dogs all over India and for the most part they are pathetic thin mangy submissive dogs that depend on people for handouts. The dogs in the residential areas fared better than the ones living in urban business areas as people will leave their leftovers outside for the dogs to eat. To treat the feral dogs as if they are a different creature all together from the purebreds living in people's homes is wrong. The dogs on the streets need to protected and cared for. I saw one with a broken leg that I managed to help by turning him over to an animal aid society and paying for his care, but there are so many of them! I do know that if I lived in India, I would take in some of these feral dogs as with proper treatment I think they would be great companions. Love My Emmee is really showing some ignorance here — have you ever been to India? Obviously not as you seem to have no idea what India or Indian people are about. Well I have been there and I can tell you that what you really need to object to in these laws is that they show no interest in aiding the feral dogs.
I stayed with a family in India that had a German Shepherd and a small spitz and I can tell you that these dogs were part of the family and cared for very well. They had special meals cooked for them every day, as there really isn’t such a thing as commercial dog food there or it is very expensive or hard to find.
This was a middle class family, not a wealthy family, but still, dog ownership is not that popular in India.
What really bugged me about this family was the way they saw the feral dogs there as completely different creatures. There are feral dogs all over India and for the most part they are pathetic thin mangy submissive dogs that depend on people for handouts. The dogs in the residential areas fared better than the ones living in urban business areas as people will leave their leftovers outside for the dogs to eat.
To treat the feral dogs as if they are a different creature all together from the purebreds living in people’s homes is wrong. The dogs on the streets need to protected and cared for. I saw one with a broken leg that I managed to help by turning him over to an animal aid society and paying for his care, but there are so many of them! I do know that if I lived in India, I would take in some of these feral dogs as with proper treatment I think they would be great companions.

]]> by: Love My Emmee http://www.bigpawsonly.com/dog-blog/indias-strict-dog-rules#comment-325 Wed, 21 Jun 2006 13:30:48 +0000 http://www.bigpawsonly.com/dog-blog/indias-strict-dog-rules#comment-325 I really don't think that this law will ever pass. I hate to say it, but dogs are not thought of as family members there like they are here. The only people who could possibly follow these laws are the very WEALTHY. This is the Indian Governments way of trying to get more $$ from the poorest people. Many family's have acquired a dog because it eats the scrap food and refuses to leave. Think about it....this is a 3rd world country that still refuses to touch a persons hand who they consider "below" them...do we really think that they are going to do anything to help improve dog care standards??? I'm thinking NO I really don’t think that this law will ever pass. I hate to say it, but dogs are not thought of as family members there like they are here. The only people who could possibly follow these laws are the very WEALTHY. This is the Indian Governments way of trying to get more $$ from the poorest people. Many family’s have acquired a dog because it eats the scrap food and refuses to leave. Think about it….this is a 3rd world country that still refuses to touch a persons hand who they consider “below” them…do we really think that they are going to do anything to help improve dog care standards??? I’m thinking NO

]]> by: Meredith http://www.bigpawsonly.com/dog-blog/indias-strict-dog-rules#comment-287 Wed, 17 May 2006 14:58:27 +0000 http://www.bigpawsonly.com/dog-blog/indias-strict-dog-rules#comment-287 Where is "spay or neuter your pet?" Indid has large numbers of medium sized dogs. The original dog. This is some kind of wierd discrimination. I Where is “spay or neuter your pet?”

Indid has large numbers of medium sized dogs. The original dog. This is some kind of wierd discrimination. I

]]> by: jan http://www.bigpawsonly.com/dog-blog/indias-strict-dog-rules#comment-269 Wed, 19 Apr 2006 18:03:26 +0000 http://www.bigpawsonly.com/dog-blog/indias-strict-dog-rules#comment-269 I don't really like the idea of making these laws, but I have no objections to any of them. Trying to enforce them as laws would be difficult, invasive and espensive. I think dogs deserve this kind of treatment. Maybe this will make people more aware of how special dogs are to our world. I don’t really like the idea of making these laws, but I have no objections to any of them. Trying to enforce them as laws would be difficult, invasive and espensive. I think dogs deserve this kind of treatment. Maybe this will make people more aware of how special dogs are to our world.

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