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The Indian pariah dog, also known as the Indian native dog, INDog, Nadan, [6] [7] South Asian pye dog, Desi Kutta, [4] [6] and Neri Kutta, [8] is a landrace of dog native to the Indian subcontinent. [5] They have erect ears, a wedge-shaped head, and a curved tail. It is easily trainable and often used as a guard dog and police dog.
An Indian pariah dog. Pye-dog, or sometimes pariah dog, is a term used to describe an ownerless, half-wild, free-ranging dog that lives in or close to human settlements throughout Asia. The term is derived from the Sanskrit para, which translates to "outsider". [1] [2] [3] [4]
In Pakistan, several dog breeds exist including the Gaddi Kutta, Indian pariah dog, Bully Kutta, among others. [71] In the city of Lahore, the Public Health Department launched a campaign to kill 5,000 stray dogs. [72] In 2009, 27,576 dogs were killed within the city of Lahore; in 2005, this number was 34,942. [73]
Indian pariah dog, the native landrace dog in India. Dhole of India, also known as the Indian Wild Dog, Cuon alpinus; Hare Indian dog, an extinct dog breed originally kept by the Hare Indians of Canada; Carolina Dog of the Southeast United States; Native American dogs, a number of now-extinct breeds once kept as pets by American Indians
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This trait earns the Basenji its nickname of "barkless" [3] dog, a similar feature seen and heard in the New Guinea singing dog. Basenjis are athletic small dogs that can run up to 30 to 35 miles per hour (48 to 56 km/h), and share many distinctive traits with the pye or pariah dog types of the Indian subcontinent.
[4] [18] In India, breeders from Punjab, Haryana, Rajasthan, Tamil Nadu, and Maharashtra focusing on scientific breeding of this dog under the guidelines of Indian Mastiff Registry. [19] They have been part of many competitions in India. [20] [18] According to the Times of India, it has importance among Indian youth of having a macho image. [21]
The dogs were said to have had very short coats, in a multitude of colors; brown poi dogs were regarded as distinct, enough to warrant a special name. The dogs' heads also had, peculiarly, a "flattened" appearance, a trait which is sometimes ascribed to the diet of the dogs, albeit in some unspecified way (possibly nutritionally-related ...