This post will corroborate Golo?s (TW) account on the stray dogs activities in DR. I had spent a few days monitoring the ?vira lata? (stray dogs) activities in an up-close fashion. Funny, I had never noticed that we had a big gang of stray dogs in my area. TW is right, these dogs exist in every neighborhoods and especially in the better ones because people from the good neighborhoods don?t kick or throw stones at them; plus they find plenty of food in the garbage bins to eat.
Ok, so here is the story of the stray dogs gang in my area (mind you I live in a decent area).
They consist of about 11 plus members. Originally I had only counted about 8 but last night, I guess they had their annual meeting or something; I had counted more than 12 of them. They come in all sizes and in all colors. The biggest dog is usually the leader in most cases as in mine. They fully cooperate with each other and share their street or streets with their own members. They walk in groups and never make contact with people. If you try to call them in a loving manner, they will just run away from you. They watch and monitor their streets 24 hrs a day. Its usually at night when they all meet and look for food in a gang like style. If a dog comes in from another area, they furiously attack him. I have watched them beat up and even chew up any size dogs who don?t belong in the area. For ex: once a big dog came in, just to cross the street. The small local dog came out and began to walk along with the outsider, pretending to be harmless; but at the right moment (when the new dog was not paying attention) he attacked the big dog?s rear leg. At this moment the big new dog attacked back and tried to bite the smaller local dog. Right then, a bunch of local dogs came out from the hiding and attacked the new bigger dog from all angles with full vengeance. Right then I figured out that it was all a sneaky ambush plan to get the new dog off guard.
Needless to say, the new dog got bitten up pretty bad. The way you surrender to the local gang is tuck your tail in between your legs and make chau chau noise and run away from their territory. Surprisingly, not a single dog attacked him after he surrendered in his dogly fashion. He was allowed to leave the area in peace.
In addition to knocking off the garbage cans and scavenging foods these dogs even stick their noses in baby diapers full of feces etc. one of their favorite pass time (in-addition to peeing all over the neighborhood trees) is smelling other dogs asses.
Ummm, that gives me an idea. I will market dog food with flavor (well you guessed it): ?other dogs asses?. Yeah, that?s it. All the dogs will go wild on this new flavor.
Back to the subject:
These dogs not only mate among each other (night orgies on the streets) but they also interact with the domestic pets of law abiding citizens. Yes, your poodle also interacts with these street gangsters. I have seen the vira latas (stray dogs) lick the neighbors? pets on their mouths and even have sex with them through the iron fence / gates. So you want to kiss your dog on the mouth? Think again!
It seems that the pet dogs are also part of the gang but they cannot seem to get outside of the metal fences or gates. They all talk to each other at night by barking thus, warning of new intruders. Their territory is strictly marked with their pee line and by night petrol. They all work in sequences and in unity. They are everywhere.
Ok, so here is the story of the stray dogs gang in my area (mind you I live in a decent area).
They consist of about 11 plus members. Originally I had only counted about 8 but last night, I guess they had their annual meeting or something; I had counted more than 12 of them. They come in all sizes and in all colors. The biggest dog is usually the leader in most cases as in mine. They fully cooperate with each other and share their street or streets with their own members. They walk in groups and never make contact with people. If you try to call them in a loving manner, they will just run away from you. They watch and monitor their streets 24 hrs a day. Its usually at night when they all meet and look for food in a gang like style. If a dog comes in from another area, they furiously attack him. I have watched them beat up and even chew up any size dogs who don?t belong in the area. For ex: once a big dog came in, just to cross the street. The small local dog came out and began to walk along with the outsider, pretending to be harmless; but at the right moment (when the new dog was not paying attention) he attacked the big dog?s rear leg. At this moment the big new dog attacked back and tried to bite the smaller local dog. Right then, a bunch of local dogs came out from the hiding and attacked the new bigger dog from all angles with full vengeance. Right then I figured out that it was all a sneaky ambush plan to get the new dog off guard.
Needless to say, the new dog got bitten up pretty bad. The way you surrender to the local gang is tuck your tail in between your legs and make chau chau noise and run away from their territory. Surprisingly, not a single dog attacked him after he surrendered in his dogly fashion. He was allowed to leave the area in peace.
In addition to knocking off the garbage cans and scavenging foods these dogs even stick their noses in baby diapers full of feces etc. one of their favorite pass time (in-addition to peeing all over the neighborhood trees) is smelling other dogs asses.
Ummm, that gives me an idea. I will market dog food with flavor (well you guessed it): ?other dogs asses?. Yeah, that?s it. All the dogs will go wild on this new flavor.
Back to the subject:
These dogs not only mate among each other (night orgies on the streets) but they also interact with the domestic pets of law abiding citizens. Yes, your poodle also interacts with these street gangsters. I have seen the vira latas (stray dogs) lick the neighbors? pets on their mouths and even have sex with them through the iron fence / gates. So you want to kiss your dog on the mouth? Think again!
It seems that the pet dogs are also part of the gang but they cannot seem to get outside of the metal fences or gates. They all talk to each other at night by barking thus, warning of new intruders. Their territory is strictly marked with their pee line and by night petrol. They all work in sequences and in unity. They are everywhere.