Chaita and her avatars

To me, the star of this series will always be Chaita. She was not the first to turn up at my construction site, but once she turned up,...

Does Elvis sing?

Lives of farmies! Let's start at the beginning. First, there was Elvis. He was Cheeru’s first friend in this place and I suspect he is...

Meet the farmies!

This is the start of an ethnography of a series of free living dogs on a farm outside Bangalore, India.

Streeties in the PDTE Journal

We love talking about our streeties every opportunity we get and we have been doing so for a few years now. This is an old article about a very special group of people who call themselves "feeders". They walk the talk and do what it takes to care for the streeties, which is not easy. They bravely give their hearts to the dogs knowing well that their hearts are bound to break soon. Yet, it is important for these people to protect the rights the dogs' right to freedom and a fre

Streeties in National Geographic

National Geographic released a bookazine in April 2020, titled "Genius of Dogs". We are so proud to see our Lives of Streeties project...

LoS at the online PDTE summit 2020

Pet Dog Trainers of Europe (PDTE), recently organized their annual summit and give the covid situation, it was done online. Sindhoor was...

Tender or Feral?

When free ranging dogs are spoken about, people often use phrases like feral dogs, wild dogs, wary of humans, aggressive etc... Such...

Changing behaviour of streeties during the lockdown

The behaviour of streeties is changing during this lockdown. Streeties rely very heavily on humans for food, both coming from feeders, as...

Seeking consent of a dog

During our classes, I explain to students that they need to take time before touching a dog and first check if the dog is okay with...

Den animals or Sofa animals?

Dogs are sometimes called den animals, though there is no evidence to support that. If we are to go simply by ethological observations of...

1234