South Indian bitches are in demand because they are “flexible, vegetarian, have excellent personalities and are low maintenance” that’s why Europeans and Asians sweat them. I would be remiss if I neglected to tell you that dogs and puppies from the dirty dirty are sought after, too. 😉
While Indians long to keep European breeds of dogs, many Westerners, especially the French, Germans and Greeks, as well as people in Singapore and Malaysia, prefer to get a South Indian pedigree dog, native to this town, according to two owners of a kennel here.
Ashok Kumar and Surendra Babu, owners of a kennel and who specialise in South Indian breeds, say they are unable to meet the demand for Rajapalayam dogs, also known as Paleiyakarans or Poligars. “Every month we get orders for 50 pairs, each costing Rs 4,500, from Indians and Westerners. But we are unable to meet the demand. We can supply only 20 pairs” they told a reporter.
As is common with any popular canine breed, idiots with dollar signs for pupils are involved; indiscriminate breeding and inbreeding are ubiquitous and dangerous to the breed’s survival.
Rajapayalams were originally bred to kill boars. The surge in interest in this rare type of dog is affecting other lines as well:
The Kennels also have the chippiparai breed, a hound used to kill pigs which destroy fields.
Apart from the Rajapalayam dogs, people of Shencottah near here are now reviving the genuine ‘Shencottah’ dogs, a rare breed, with the help of doctors, says Raviram, a kennel owner.
I should thank my zealously jealous dog, Jhansi ki Rani, for sending in this tip via a very special mad astronaut. No worries, girl. This South Indian bitch flips the script. Europeans can have their boar hounds, I’m all about my German Shepherd. 🙂
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Special thanks to “Gizoogle” for solving my title-related writer’s block.
All the South Indian bore-hounds I know watch the History Channel and C-SPAN. Some of them even blog here at Sepia Mutiny. It’s ok though, on the Internet nobody knows you’re a dawg.
Geez, Anna, you’re a pretty one. I don’t think any guy was looking at the dog. (yes, there’s a dog at the bottom of the picture – try not to look at Anna :p )
You all are smoking dope! Anybody can see that I’m the pretty one in that picture!
Anna, were you wearing a tiara at a New Year Eve (2003/4) party in San Francisco? If so, I remember chatting you up (but, also not getting very far!).
december 2003…in SF? i was wearing a tiara, and according to my mother, not much else.
I’m so in love right now. TMBWITW?
Rani’s really beautiful, isn’t she, Phil? Anna’s one lucky dawgowner. Who could resist a face like that?
True, I’m thinking of long walks, hanging out at the cafe, and sharing joyful moments together in the park playing fetch.
i love tiaras!
I’m surprised you’d enable your male readers to exoticize your bipedalism.
I thought South Asian Sisters weren’t supposed to have legs.
what a weirdly misogynistic comment. maybe i’m misreading it.
you did better than i did, darling…i had no idea what he was talking about. still don’t. unless he’s a foot fetishist who’s projecting, i don’t know why we’re focusing on my TWO feet.
as for the SAS part…must be new to SM…and anatomy. most vaginally-equipped humans have legs. 😉
If you translate him from conflicted desi man to English, it’s pretty transparent actually. You just need the right dictionary.
hmmm…his e-mail address is muckraker too. Doesn’t sound much like an Upton Sinclair type.
What about Kombai dogs of Tamil Nadu? They are easy to maintain and as ferious as Rajapalayam dogs if not more.