[Swift_Speed2534]

Originally Posted by Fuldagap

Fabulous pics. The 6th one looks like Master Yoda, potatofied.

Indeed! His name was initially Yoda (as my friend was a Star Wars fan) but I changed his name to Taco.

[Fuldagap]

Originally Posted by Swift_Speed2534

Indeed! His name was initially Yoda (as my friend was a Star Wars fan) but I changed his name to Taco.

He/she looks majestic with those beautiful scales. Taco looks like he holds millions of years of wisdom like Yoda

[Swift_Speed2534]

Originally Posted by Fuldagap

He/she looks majestic with those beautiful scales. Taco looks like he holds millions of years of wisdom like Yoda

Indeed, He does look like a wise old man, much like yoda or oogway! The only knowledge he knows is how to convince me to make him roam the house or feed him some treats!

[Sidban85]

Any feedback on backseat comfort of Roxx for pet dogs? One who has travelled in sedan and CSUV till now.

Does anyone know if it becomes too busy a ride for them?

[Fuldagap]

Originally Posted by NomadSK

Damn, if these guys are helpless, then I’m really sorry to say, if anyone else can be of help. They are usually at the top of pyramid in GCC for helping and rescuing animals, they even transport it to EU countries and find suitable adopters.

Update: The dog rescue hit a blockade after some arab lady called personally all big shots and coerced them to consider the resuce as 'done'. So everyone involved messaged me to stop pursuing. I did not know what else to do.

However, I still kept on it in my own way. Long story short, some staff of the owner of the dog called me and asked about my location a few days back. After 30 mins they dropped the dog at my villa. I was surprised a little. The dog was brought brutally tied up in 45 deg temp at around 3 pm in a Toyota Hilux pickup.

Kept the dog for 5-6 hours with me. She came out to be a well trained, highly intelligent and 2 or 3 year old. I suspect she had babies too earlier (probably dumped).

Then RAKAWC took care of taking the dog from me, medical, fostering and probable future adoption.

Those 5-6 hours with the dog were surreal to say the least. She was so full of gratitude and sense of freedom. She wouldn't leave my side even for a second. When the lady who came to pick up, the dog just knew what to do and jumped in her van as if she knew whats going on. I suspect the dog is not a GSD but a Belgian Mallinois. I'm no dog expert and was not interested knowing which breed she was. Her life is safe and sound now, playing with others in the shelter.

The people, mostly ladies from the western world do an impeccable job in rescuing animals here. Before this rescue, I had the luck of saving an about to die female donkey and her youngling from the desert. The lady who helped in keeping the two is a Palestinian-German running a shelter in RAK. She was a jockey for about 20 years with Dubai royal family before falling for the needs of strays and the helpless.

Animals change lives of people for good in ways totally unimaginable before.

[Thad E Ginathom]

Fuldagap, congratulations on not giving up on this case, and salutations for the wonderful work that you are doing. To the animals that you help, you are a saint!

[NomadSK]

Originally Posted by Fuldagap

However, I still kept on it in my own way. Long story short, some staff of the owner of the dog called me and asked about my location a few days back. After 30 mins they dropped the dog at my villa. I was surprised a little.

Wow what a lovely story, thanks for being persistent and enabling the rescue. Take a bow.

Kept the dog for 5-6 hours with me. She came out to be a well trained, highly intelligent and 2 or 3 year old.

Most of them, if not all, are well behaved and intelligent, be it any breed, it’s the humans which changes their behaviour or they become aggressive. Sometimes I laugh when people say this breed is dangerous and this breed is friendly. They are all friendly until humans intervene and change their behaviour for their own benefits.

The people, mostly ladies from the western world do an impeccable job in rescuing animals here. Before this rescue, I had the luck of saving an about to die female donkey and her youngling from the desert.

These westerners are true warriors and the energy they have to carry out the rescues is incredible, I agree with you, even sometimes I have given up when we get overwhelmed with so many rescues to take care of and no adopters or fosters to look upon.

Animals change lives of people for good in ways totally unimaginable before.

They do, I call them as “stress-busters” !!

[Fuldagap]

Originally Posted by Thad E Ginathom

Fuldagap, congratulations on not giving up on this case, and salutations for the wonderful work that you are doing. To the animals that you help, you are a saint!

The animals in my area are in pathetic state. I don't look forward to rescuing or even think about it like some people do it passionately. But as luck would have it, rescued several this year. A recent donkey rescue was crazy. Chasing in the desert to catch her was hours of effort and exhausting. Someone sent his driver after several hours to help out. The guy came out to be an ex commando with super human stamina and will power. Even then it took us about 2-3 hours to catch her and her foal. I had a hilux ready to transport but someone sent a proper horse transport trailer. The duo are living the time of their lives now at a lady's shelter. So many people leave their work and time to help these voiceless despite real hurdles from other people and the govt bodies.

Originally Posted by NomadSK

Most of them, if not all, are well behaved and intelligent, be it any breed, it’s the humans which changes their behaviour or they become aggressive. Sometimes I laugh when people say this breed is dangerous and this breed is friendly. They are all friendly until humans intervene and change their behaviour for their own benefits.

True. The dog in this case was seen as ferocious. But once they saw how the dog was friendly with me, they were shocked. They still didn't understand that the dog was scared of them and hence her behaviour. She was being tortured for months.

Originally Posted by NomadSK

These westerners are true warriors and the energy they have to carry out the rescues is incredible, I agree with you, even sometimes I have given up when we get overwhelmed with so many rescues to take care of and no adopters or fosters to look upon.



They do, I call them as “stress-busters” !!

The amount of money that the westerners spend and the debt they have accumulated is beyond imagination for us. The first time i had to sign on a computer screen while handing over a stray and her 7 puppies to a clinic, I had to double count the number of zeros in USD. It was a shocker. Some of them have eniterly devoted their lives to the animals while still having fantastic careers and businesses. They just don't give up or look forward to the govt for help. Their sense of community is very powerful.

Some time back there was a western lady beating a young boy in Egypt who was torturing a donkey on the street in broad daylight. She not only chased him away, she chased others away too single handedly. People from our country would not even dare to think about doing something let alone man handling a local in such a case. For us strays are a menace, generally speaking. Cats are pests. Dogs are dirty. Other stray animals don't even count.

The donkey that I was able to rescue was part of 12 stray donkeys here. Earlier they would try to chase away my dog when I would take her to daily walks in the desert. Now after they witnessed the rescue the other day, they play with my dog run and chase till my dog is tired and come back. Animals understand a lot just that they cant speak in words.

[digitalnirvana]

Thanks folks for all that you do. Only a few of us can, want to, or will step up. I strongly believe that volunteering for a cause, not just animal shelters, should be taught to kids. I hope to see the streets free of strays in India and the world because all of them have homes. Not in my lifetime, but one day surely.

[Fuldagap]

Originally Posted by digitalnirvana

I strongly believe that volunteering for a cause, not just animal shelters, should be taught to kids. I hope to see the streets free of strays in India and the world because all of them have homes. Not in my lifetime, but one day surely.

Kids raised with pets at home, any sort of pets, are generally more compassionate and caring, not only towards animals but also towards other human beings.
Children have a natural tendency to relate with animals. It gets enhanced or distorted based on upbringing as they grow up. The society around changes their minds for good or bad.

Human animal relationship is imbibed in the primordial brain. Pets feel comfortable around very young children, not just because they don't fear the weak humans but because they are yet innocently growing up. Once children grow up, a pet or stray takes its own sweet time to come near to the human.

Not in my lifetime - sadly true. A tiny human population is compassionate and takes positive, affirmative actions. Most of the humans are busy with plans and agendas to get rid of strays, denoting them as pests,carriers of diseases and propagate culling.
An ignorant person would chill seeing a lady handle a rabid dog with bare hands trying to save even that dog's life. And very successfully. The world is strange.

[ninjatalli]

Originally Posted by Fuldagap

Those 5-6 hours with the dog were surreal to say the least. She was so full of gratitude and sense of freedom. She wouldn't leave my side even for a second. When the lady who came to pick up, the dog just knew what to do and jumped in her van as if she knew whats going on. I suspect the dog is not a GSD but a Belgian Mallinois. I'm no dog expert and was not interested knowing which breed she was. Her life is safe and sound now, playing with others in the shelter.

You have the gratitude of every pet parent that is reading your updates, even if that's a small audience. You definitely did the world of change to that poor dog and definitely her rest of the life is going to be a lot lot better. Thank you.

[keroo1099]

@Fuldagap well done, not many take the trouble to go to that far to rescue an animal.

[Fuldagap]

Originally Posted by ninjatalli

You have the gratitude of every pet parent that is reading your updates, even if that's a small audience. You definitely did the world of change to that poor dog and definitely her rest of the life is going to be a lot lot better. Thank you.

Thank you for your kind words. The thanks button is not available on this thread, therefore, taking another opportunity to write back. I have not rescued as many animals like some people do regularly and passionately. But every dog that I rescued till now has always been a female co incidentally. Even this one came out to be a female. I noticed only when she reached my home. I did not notice it even when I took her video and then it even went viral here. When female animals have off springs, they become too helpless in the urban environment. Even the donkey that was rescued was female. Her one fore limb had a big hoof problem which would have been treated a few days back I suppose. The other fore limb is missing a whole joint near the foot. I believe it is called a fetlock. It will also be treated shortly.

Here is a related video from the lady who took them both:
https://www.instagram.com/reel/DKWpZ..._web_copy_link

Originally Posted by keroo1099

@Fuldagap well done, not many take the trouble to go to that far to rescue an animal.

I hope I'm not going to sound audacious. But here is a little more. A major in the local police came to confront me unnecessarily around Feb 2025. He said I was not supposed to keep a pet dog in this area and not help the strays. He was in a Nissan Patrol and too angry. I have no clue what prompted this behaviour. Upon seeing for 30 mins that I wasn't budging he simply went away. He is a neighbour as well. I had to invoke his religion to confront him, also reminded him of local laws of the land.

When the recent Belgian Mallinois was being rescued the local CID came. They even showed their ID. But who cares. He also came out to be a neighbour. People have fancy cars, homes and too much money but are generally not civilised except for nice local language skills.

Sharing a few random pics of all related dogs and the donkey rescues. I have a lot of videos but not the time to upload here.

The Belgian Mallinois (I believe she is or a dog expert could correct)


The female donkey and her foal. This is after a few hours of chasing and before a few hours of being caught.


The man with the donkey made it possible to catch. He is a horse trainer. I hope he doesn't appeal against posting his image here. A young sardar for moral support.


The trailer sent by a westerner who helped with safe transport.


The female donkey looking defeated after she made us chase her for hours. She had both fore limbs in duress. One even had maggots. An epitome example of survival and resilience with a foal, extreme temperature and no food or water easily available.


The BM on 1st day when I saw her in 45 deg heat


Consecutive 3 pics of a single puppy. Its mother and 2 other siblings already rescued. This guy had to spend 2 more nights with me before joining its family again






Consecutive 3 pics of my second rescue. The mother. 3 of her 7 puppies.






The first rescue. I dont have any pics before the rescue. Only videos. This random pic as I was leaving the clinic where she got spayed, microchipped and tested for any diseases. She was approx 9-10 months old in Jan '25. She is a looker. I don't know how much fashionable she would have become after proper care at the shelter.

[keroo1099]

Luckily we have quite a few community canine rescue groups in Bangalore, some of which are very active in getting strays spayed, rescued, fostered and the hardest..adopted.

Again, well done on managing so many rescues on your own.

[CmdrShepard]

@Fuldagap, thank you for doing this. Not many people would willingly go out of their way to rescue such animals. Your feelings for them are evident in the amount of effort you've poured into each rescue. Perhaps not immediately, but am sure these kindnesses will come back to you in some form or the other

Incidentally, we rescued a little kitten from the rainwater drainpipe outside our house. Must be a few days old, even the eyes were closed. We had to hand her over to someone who's much more well versed with taking care of an infant kitten, but we're paying them for it and also getting regular updates on the kitten. We'll also try and find a home for her, because if I bring her home, no way she's leaving