Why Choose Thai Dog?
That was a question I asked myself many years ago. And I still have been asking this question up until now. Conversely, the answer was in my mind since I was a child.
When I was young, the first pet I knew is a Thai dog. When I woke up in the morning, excluding my mother, father, brothers, and sisters, a Thai dog is another member in my family. And we always had activities together.
The reason was because every Thai family living in countryside owned at least one Thai dog. I always had my Thai dog with me when I played with my brothers and sisters, watered plants, did farming, or went fishing in a canal. Besides the relationship that he was one of our family member, there were great impressions that I never forgot....
Thai children, including me, loved to swim in a canal. We left our clothes on the canal bank and went to play in the water. My Thai dog, which followed me, always guarded our clothes and never let anyone touch it.
When I traveled places, my dog would run in front of me and try to prevent me from any dangers. If I found other dogs, it would run around me trying to protect me from those dogs. One day, there was a woman came to buy fruits at my house. She picked up a "Langsat" (a local fruit of Thailand, looks similar to grapes) from a basket. My dog used its mouth to force her to put the "Langsat" back into the basket. That made us and other people laugh because of his intelligence.
Another job in my village apart from doing a fruit farm was collecting latex from rubber trees. The farmers needed to perform their task in very early morning because the weather was cold, and they would obtain a large amount of latex. They usually brought their Thai dogs with them. That was because the dogs would prevent them from snakes and other harmful creatures.
Thai dogs were very good at fighting with snakes. That may be because they had to encounter many snakes in their lives. One day a farmer went to his farm with his 5 Thai dogs for a usual latex collection. Unfortunately, he found a big tiger trying to attack him. He was so afraid and was not able to escape from the approaching tiger. Suddenly, his 5 Thai dogs came between the farmer and the tiger to protect their owner.
When the farmer could retain his consciousness back, he ran with all of his power and could survive from the tiger. Sadly, his 5 Thai dogs were killed by the tiger for saving their owner’s life. This is the answer that why I love Thai dog: its strong allegiance to its owner, its honesty, and also its great bravery are very rare among people nowadays. But you will find it when you raise a Thai dog.
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