Off Topic : A thread about doggies..

[AmmaR]

here's my darling : Dolly

got her a few months back ..very energetic and playful







she completely loves sitting on the bike



here is one with my turtle

[Rony]

^^ Hey .. Nice pics ... but can you enlarge them a bit ? ... Not able to see the turtle properly !

[navnish]

I had a siberian husky last week at my place. Got it from thailand for a friend. This breed is awesome. Expensive but adorable .

The huskys what are bread in thailand are meant for indian conditions . I just fell in love with this dog . Its smart its naughty and its very playful.

just wanted to share a pic

[AmmaR]

[Harmeet]

I had a siberian husky last week at my place. Got it from thailand for a friend. This breed is awesome. Expensive but adorable .

The huskys what are bread in thailand are meant for indian conditions . I just fell in love with this dog . Its smart its naughty and its very playful.

just wanted to share a pic

that husky is awesome man... one of the most awesome lookin dogs iv ever seen.
Any idea abt the price??

[dushyant123]

Say Hi to CHIKKI

[AmmaR]

Say Hi to CHIKKI

chiki looks awesome .. what breed is it ?

[dushyant123]

Thanx Amar...
she's Lhasa Apso....

[AmmaR]

Thanx Amar...
she's Lhasa Apso....

hmmm i thought lhasa apso's were smaller in size .. anyways she looks awesome

[Rony]

Found this enchanting article and couldn't resist sharing it here !

First Published in Sunday Midday, Mumabi on 30 August 2009

In Hindu mythology, the dog is the most inauspicious of animals, to be kept away from wedding altars and holy sites. A howling dog becomes a harbinger of bad luck. Infact, even the sight of a dog is considered to bring bad luck. Why is it so? Dogs are such lovable creatures, obedient and affectionate. Even in the Rig Veda, the role of a dog as a protector, is acknowledged when Indra sends the mother of dogs, Sarama, in search of missing cows.

In narratives, dogs are associated with death which is why Sarama’s children, the Sarameya, are the companions of Yama, god of death. They are associated not with civilization but with the wilderness which is why they are associated with mendicants, like Dattatreya. The dog is the mount of Bhairava, the fearsome form of Shiva. A dog is considered so inauspicious that in the Mahabharata, Yudhishtira is not allowed to enter heaven with the dog.

Some would argue that dogs rummage through garbage which is why they are unclean, which is why they are not allowed to come near temples. But these rational explanations do not provide a satisfactory answer. Literal interpretations are convenient but not correct. Logically speaking, a dog should be the symbol of devotion in Hinduism; yet Hindus worship Hanuman, the monkey-god, as the perfect devotee. Mythology must never be taken literally; mythology is symbolic. Mythic stories and symbols are a code, a medium through which the ancestors are communicating profound messages. When the dog is considered inauspicious, it means the dog represents a thought that is inauspicious. What is this inauspicious thought?

In the Bhagavata Purana is the story of Bharata who is a hermit in the forest. He gives up everything but slowly gets attached to a deer. As a result, he is unable to attain moksha. He is reborn as a deer, trapped once more in the cycle of rebirth. Attachment entraps: this is a key maxim in Hindu philosophy.

Now visualize a dog looking at you with eagerness and affection – it adores you and its behavior melts your heart. If you have a pet dog, you will know that the dog constantly seeks validation from you. Give it that attention it craves and it will wag its tail, don’t give it and it will whine.

Now visualize a hermit surrounded by dogs. Does he surrender to the affection of the dog? Does he, like Bharata getting attached to a deer, get attached to these dogs? If he seeks to break free from the cycle of rebirths, he must transcend the urge to get attached. The dog is the ultimate temptation, because the dog gives its master absolute unconditional love and devotion. Nothing is more tempting, not even the dance of damsels known as Apsaras. When Dattatreya, the mendicant, walks with four dogs around him – it indicates his perfect detachment. The dogs follow him but he does not lead them.

The dog is a territorial animal. For the dog, even the master is territory that it will not share. Even when domesticated with all needs fulfilled, the dog needs to mark its territory by raising its legs and spraying its urine. Threaten this territory and the dog will turn on you. This behavior, the ancients realized, is not something to be celebrated in human beings.
Human beings are also territorial. Territory gives us our sense of identity and validation. It is the context that establishes who we are. A industrialist’s identity comes from the industries he owns; a bureaucrat’s identity comes from the position he holds; a politician’s identity comes from the power he holds in the party and the assembly. Any threat to the context that gives him identity, and he will react much in the same way a dog barks. We feel that if we lose our territory (not just physical but also intellectual and emotional) we will lose our identity. That frightens us. We become dogs – wagging tails when territory is reinforced, barking when territory is threatened, whining when territory is unacknowledged. At the root of dog-like behavior is fear, bhaya, fear of invalidation.

He who helps us overpower this fear is Bhairava. This form of Shiva terrifies us because it mocks our primal territorial instinct. In temples such as Kal Bhairav in Delhi and Varanasi, Bhairava is worshipped with alcohol. Alcohol clouds judgment. From a clouded judgment comes this warped understanding that from territory comes identity. The industrialist forgets that even if he clings and fights for his territory, one day Yama, the god of death, and his Sarameyas, will take him away from his territory. So it will be with the politician and the bureaucrat and the writer and the artist.
Our material, intellectual and emotional territories that we jealously guard, whose loss makes us insecure, is no different from the bone of a dog. We cling and fight over it, until the day we die. And when we die and our bodies reach the crematorium, we find there an inebriated Bhairava seated on a dog laughing at us for a life wasted in a futile pursuit.

Source : Kal Bhairav?s dog : Devdutt Pattanaik

[Samarth 619]

^^
Some time before in XBHP we had a thread named as XBHP Pets...where many of our members had shown Turtles, Tigers and Lion cubs as thier pets...

And so our Beloved XBHP Moderators - deleted that thread....

As you know Turtles and Tortises are Endangered species - they are banned to be as Pets...

And in that attempt, they deleted my dog Maggi's pics too. They could have deleted turtles, lions, etc. but they just deleted the entire thread. And I kept searching for it for a long time.

Anyways, here it is, from my last camera mobile, Samsung INNOV8 8MP:









Her name is Maggi. My family gave her away one day...

Reason: We never let our dog mix up with other dogs. Neither did we know anyone with a good breed doggy.
One day, somebody left our main gate open, and a stray dog sneaked into our bungalow.
The stray dog had <<you know what>> with our doggie and she didn't raise a sound. All of my family members were angry.
My sister started beating her. Even I was a little angry but I regret it now. She was very sad, and stopped eating for 1-2 days.
I started patting her 2-3 days after that, but my family hated her like anything! Dad, sister, everyone!
4 months later, the doggie had 4 kids from that stray doggie. My family decided to give them away, except for 2 kids.

And one day, those 2 kids sneaked out and ate something and they started vomiting and eventually, died despite our best efforts.

Guys remember, if you keep your dog/ ***** away from the opposite gender, that might bring bad results sooner or later. Let them be happy. Even you would want a girlfriend, won't you? Then why kill the creature's dreams?
Why did god make 2 genders for humans & animals? Think about it.

[amandeepkamboj19]

Help please


Due to some family problem i need to abendon my dog Thor.
Is any one interested in giving him a new home please contact me 08053540249
i am located in karnal 120 km from delhi.
He is GSD pure breed.

[jasrox]

Not exactly mine but my brother's. We call her Bamby! Playful, naughty and adorable! She runs all around the garden barking at the crows!!!! n is very scared of monkeys

[sheelpriye]

I had a siberian husky last week at my place. Got it from thailand for a friend. This breed is awesome. Expensive but adorable .

The huskys what are bread in thailand are meant for indian conditions . I just fell in love with this dog . Its smart its naughty and its very playful.

just wanted to share a pic

**** Navnish. Didn't spare your pet even, fitted blue HID's in its eyes.

[truelypulsarian]

Not exactly mine but my brother's. We call her Bamby! Playful, naughty and adorable! She runs all around the garden barking at the crows!!!! n is very scared of monkeys

Hehehehe cute pic.