Dogblog

Photo: Tipu sleeping

Tipu lives in Ganeshpuri with his human mother, Yogini (who runs a great guest house, and makes the world’s best chai). He has a bit of a cough that the doctor hasn’t been able to fix. Even Sylvia’s healing session didn’t fix it, but he probably adored the attention.

Tipu doesn’t let his cough get him down. He gets on with his life – checking out new visitors, running out the front gate to see what’s going on in town, and making sure he doesn’t miss out on Yogini’s great food (he’s almost on the podgy side – quite unusual for an Indian dog). And when he needs a bit of a rest, he has a good lie down.

Sounds like a pretty good approach to life, don’t you think?

Photo: Rani looking regal

Not all the dogs in India have a hard life. This is Rani, and she’s a very fortunate dog. She lives in Ganeshpuri with her human mum, Yogini, and is well fed and loved. She also has some doggy brothers and a sister: Shakti, Ilu and Tipu.

Rani is a very regal girl, but she has a gentle heart and nature.

And don’t you just love those crossed paws!

Photo: Birthday cake (by Jessica Driver)

I turned 9 years old today.

My mum sang “Happy birthday” to me about five times while I ran around all excited and jumped over all the furniture.

Then she took me for a ride in the car to the local pet shop and let me pick out some treats.  While I was there, there was a cage full of kittens playing.  I really wanted to get into the cage to play with them, but the lady in the shop wouldn’t let me. I also wanted to eat a big birthday cake like the one in this picture. But mum said she wouldn’t buy cake for a dog. She said it would rot my teeth.  Argh!