Happy-Indian Pariah Dog Hound & Whippet Mix Natick, MA

Happy is a Indian Pariah male pup rescued from the streets of India.
He flew to the U.S. with an International Health Certificate and vaccination records. Happy has age appropriate vaccinations, deworming and microchipped. He is too young to be fixed.
He is around 4-5 months old and weighs around 25 pounds, He has a lovely golden brown coat and is the biggest of the litter and will likely be around 50 pounds full grown.
He is good with dogs but shows high prey drive so might not be good with cats. A dog experienced active home with no children under 10 years is best.
He is ready to learn to be a good boy with obedience training, and is already doing a beautiful sit, and starting to walk on a leash. He is crate trained and sleeps all night in his crate without any accidents. He is doing great with his house breaking training too.
Happy is good with other dogs but has not been introduced to cats and young children.
We are looking for a dog experienced family who has time for exercising and training a pup.
He is a healthy happy boy with boundless energy to play with squeaky toys and chase tennis balls. After the puppy zoomies he likes to crash and absolutely loves to cuddle up with people. He’s getting used to the cold weather, sounds, smells, and new accents in his foster home here and adjusting very well. He is a pup so there’s a lot for him to learn and see and he will need an active, energetic, kind but firm human and home to continue his development into the best of boys in his forever home.

Happy is being fostered in Boston area. Please email Recuewithoutborders@gmail.com for an adoption application.

THE RESCUE STORY

The puppies were born during the monsoon rains in Bangalore, South India. Their mother, was a stray dog who lived inside a posh township. Some kind people had been feeding and sheltering her through her pregnancy, but others in the same township ordered all the puppies to be scooped up in the township’s garbage disposal van and deposited at the landfill a few miles away, which would have meant certain death for the young pups. Luckily, the cries of the mother dog alerted some animal lovers that rescued the tiny puppies, who were wagging their tails trustfully amongst the trash bags...

A family within the gated community decided to foster the pups and find them homes, but only two of the six were adopted locally. The remaining four,three of them girls, were given a golden opportunity to fly to the US for a chance at adoption thanks to donors that helped the rescue with the cost of transport in the hope that their happy ending will continue to inspire others to do better by the many community dogs that still live on the streets they have left behind.

Information on the Indian Native Dog breed:
IN (Indian Native), Desi (Local) or Pariah Dog is a pure, ancient, indigenous dog of India that abounds the Indian streets. A long time ago, thousands of years before the arrival of modern pure breeds, a race of dogs much like this one inhabited the Indian subcontinent. These were the very first domesticated dogs and Man's earliest animal companions. It has evolved entirely through natural selection without human intervention of any kind resulting into a very hardy, extremely intelligent, alert and independent thinking dog.

This is a natural breed of dog that is pure in a true sense and how nature intended a dog to be; hence they are way superior to the artificially developed man made breeds that we call pure breeds today. Its origin dates back 12,000 to 15,000 years – older than any other breed. This is a natural primitive breed which is a direct descendant of the early domesticated dogs. These dogs are found to be genetically healthy with no known genetic diseases and a very strong immune system. They are perfectly adapted for survival; a free-roaming life on the street for these dogs is always difficult and often hostile and hence requires high order of intelligence, quick and independent thinking to survive. On the streets it is the survival of the fittest, usually out of a litter some will get run over by cars while others will succumb to hunger and malnutrition. Only the most hardiest and intelligent ones will survive to produce off springs. When this survivor is adopted as a Pet, their owners are often awe struck with their beauty, grace, intelligence, loyalty and hardiness.

They are highly adaptable, quick learners and versatile and are known to be even smarter and definitely calmer than the intelligent Border Collies. They are very agile and excel at many dog sports such as agility and also make great jogging/running companions and can be even faster than Grey Hounds. While active outdoors, they are usually very calm and quiet indoors. They have tremendous stamina and hence need an active family who will take them for a daily brisk walks or a run.
IN Dogs are sensitive by nature and do not respond well to harsh training methods and hence need an even tempered, gentle but firm and loving owner who knows how to calmly and consistently communicate the rules of the house.
These dogs love children and are known to have a calm and gentle demeanor around them. They bond strongly with their people and make an excellent family pet that is very loving, loyal and intelligent. These dogs do not bark much but are always alert; they are friendly yet wary of strangers and make good watch dogs.

IN Dogs are low maintenance dog as they are generally very healthy and like to stay clean; they hardly shed and have virtually no doggy odor. Their smooth, fine short hair coat is easy to groom. They have an all-weather coat that allows them to easily adapt to different weather conditions.
A well-looked after pet IN dog will rarely need to see a vet and may live a healthy life of up to the age of 12 – 16 years.

This is a medium size dog with an average height of 20-25 inches (51-64 cms) at the shoulder and generally weigh about 28-55 pounds (12 – 22 kgs).
They are found in all colors and variation with erect or floppy ears; however, a typical IN Dog usually will have erect ears, a wedge-shaped head and a tail that curls over its back. Most IN Dogs are similar in appearance to other prehistoric dogs like the Australian Dingos.

In the few couple of years, we have successfully rescued, rehabilitated and found homes over 600 IN dogs throughout the Northeast United States and more recently in the West coast.

Please visit our Face book page to see the IN dogs adopted through our rescue.
http://www.facebook.com/RescueWithoutBorders