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,...
Sindhoor Pangal
- Aug 27
- 3 min
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...
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Sindhoor Pangal
- Aug 9
- 2 min
Meet the farmies!
This is the start of an ethnography of a series of free living dogs on a farm outside Bangalore, India.
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Sindhoor Pangal
- Feb 6
- 1 min
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...
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Sindhoor Pangal
- Oct 2, 2020
- 1 min
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...
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Sindhoor Pangal
- Oct 2, 2020
- 1 min
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...
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Sindhoor Pangal
- Oct 2, 2020
- 1 min
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...
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Sindhoor Pangal
- Apr 12, 2020
- 4 min
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...
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Sindhoor Pangal
- Mar 8, 2020
- 4 min
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...
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Sindhoor Pangal
- Feb 19, 2020
- 1 min
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...
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Sindhoor Pangal
- Feb 2, 2020
- 1 min
Ethogram of a dog
The "ethogram" of a dog is a catalogue of all behaviours that are natural to the dog and canine ethology is the study of this.
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Sindhoor Pangal
- Dec 16, 2019
- 3 min
#IndieDogDay
We are jumping in on the #IndieDogDay celebrations. Check out our guide on how you and your business can join in too. This should be fun!
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Sindhoor Pangal
- Jul 5, 2019
- 2 min
Smart streeties cross streets!
While lab tests are revealing so much about animals, observation of street dogs give us a whole new perspective on their cognitive abilities
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Sindhoor Pangal
- Jul 2, 2019
- 1 min
The skeptical streeties
The BHARCS advances students are busy gathering data on the behaviour of streeties. And of course, the streeties are curious as ever what...
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Sindhoor Pangal
- Jun 17, 2019
- 2 min
We are launching a new study!
Over the course of the last few months, we have gradually come to realise that we have been staring at something fascinating - Streeties...
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Sindhoor Pangal
- Jun 17, 2019
- 1 min
Streeties that do not cooperate
Behaviourism is a term that describes the study of animal behaviour, usually referring to measured responses to stimuli or trained...
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Sindhoor Pangal
- Jun 16, 2019
- 7 min
A study on the activity budget of free ranging dogs
Lives of Streeties is an ongoing study that I am conducting on the street dogs of Bangalore, India. Streeties is a term of endearment...
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Sindhoor Pangal
- Jul 6, 2018
- 3 min
Major politics between Nishi and the adopting mum
A mum and her puppies have turned up at our exploring site. Every morning when we go there, the mum shows that she does not like us being...
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Sindhoor Pangal
- Jul 4, 2018
- 2 min
A dog is a dog is a dog
The intent of #livesofstreeties is to bust myths about streeties. Today the myth we want to bust is that streeties are somehow different...
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Sindhoor Pangal
- Jun 28, 2018
- 3 min
Feral? Who? Daisy?
Media only seems to talk about street dogs when they gravely hurt humans and then the media paints an elaborately sensational narrative...
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Sindhoor Pangal
- May 16, 2018
- 2 min
Streeties can be mentors
When people walk their dogs in Bangalore, some people struggle dealing with streeties and see streeties as a nuisance. But they don't...
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Sindhoor Pangal
- Apr 20, 2018
- 1 min
Street dog studies adding value
Our street dogs are not just adorable bundles of love and joy, but also a source of information that fascinates the world. After all,...
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Sindhoor Pangal
- Apr 17, 2018
- 2 min
Can we take charge of this streety "problem" already?
In the 1960s, Blue cross of India discovered that the Madras High Commision had been trying to control dog population through culling for...
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Sindhoor Pangal
- Apr 13, 2018
- 2 min
Indoor outdoor dogs
Streeties lead the most unconventional of lives. Dogs are and have always been extreme survivors and can be highly creative when it comes...
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Sindhoor Pangal
- Sep 19, 2017
- 2 min
What's howling all about?
This is the 5AM video of our "Hotel Canine". This is the last video of this year's street dog study. It is also the first video of this...
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Sindhoor Pangal
- Sep 18, 2017
- 2 min
Tis the season for love?
I saw another love story today. These dogs are not regulars here. They must be a. group passing through this area. I wonder where they...
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Sindhoor Pangal
- Sep 16, 2017
- 2 min
The lovers are gone!
Kajal's story is getting more and more interesting. The last we spoke of her, we knew that she is now part of a love triangle between...
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Sindhoor Pangal
- Sep 14, 2017
- 3 min
Border disputes
This morning I was lucky enough to witness a border dispute. It was 6 against 2. Caesar and PV are regulars on my study route. They stay...
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Sindhoor Pangal
- Sep 13, 2017
- 2 min
Found Kajal, Ken and the piglets
I did not see Kajal last night. I was a bit apprehensive. This is the trouble with bonding with streeties. You do not want to think about...
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Sindhoor Pangal
- Sep 8, 2017
- 2 min
The hidden lives of dogs
I am slowly discovering where these dogs are hiding. Remember my favourite doggie - Kajal. Everytime I turn up near this house, she...
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Sindhoor Pangal
- Sep 8, 2017
- 1 min
A little compassion
I had a great run at 5 PM today. I actually say 21 dogs in all!!! I am getting quite a hang of it where these dogs are hanging out. There...
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Sindhoor Pangal
- Sep 4, 2017
- 2 min
Kajal, the friendly
This post is a bit overdue. The rain is cooperating a little bit. So I am getting a few studies done. Last time I was complaining about...
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Sindhoor Pangal
- Sep 4, 2017
- 1 min
Streeties are good teachers
So, I tried desperately not to get to know the doggies on the route. That's not happening. They are starting to come up to me and...
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Sindhoor Pangal
- Aug 21, 2017
- 1 min
FLIR date
Today, I put my flir to use better than the previous night study. I think I am getting the hang of it, though I must admit that the...
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Sindhoor Pangal
- Aug 17, 2017
- 1 min
Names or numbers?
The study today was fairly uneventful. It was a hot afternoon. The dogs were mainly lazing. These studies actually remain uneventful on...
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Sindhoor Pangal
- Aug 10, 2017
- 2 min
Venturing out in the night
Today was the first of the night street dog studies of this year. Night studies are very interesting. Firstly, it poses some challenges....
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Sindhoor Pangal
- Aug 8, 2017
- 1 min
Too hot to handle
It was HOT today. The weather report says it's only 28C. But it felt a lot hotter and according to the weather app, it felt like 31C. A...
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