Wednesday, December 20, 2017

Day 9 after finding you

Today, dearest one you were at the dump itself.
You were wandering around looking for something but unable to find anything. I parked myself at the far end, but you moved towards the intersection end.

I watched from there but then moved to your side. You had come quite near the intersection and were looking around.

I stood outside the toilet. I tried to shoot a video but seems only the beginning and end got shot.

At one time you walked past me. I called out and whistled. You stopped and looked around and perhaps tried to figure out where the whistling was coming from. Do you remember the whistling ?

You were wagging your tail for most of the time you were wandering around. You do that quite a lot it seems. You walked past me, giving me a look and then went on back to the far side.

I came away and was to come back after a round but it became late and i did not return after the round of R block. If i had some food of your liking, you might have had it as you walked by.

Monday, December 18, 2017

Day 7 after finding you

As usual when I came, you were asleep on the divider.

I took a round of the R block district park and returned from the Chirag Enclave exit. You were coming from the GK Enclave - I side, crossing the road. I recognized you and followed you back. You crossed over to the dump and looked around for food.

Seems there was no food today. Maybe you have done a round inside the colony earlier. I stood around, took a few pics. You ignored me and walked around quite aimlessly. At one point as you walked by I whistled but you ignored me. Then it seemed you were keenly listening wondering where the sound was coming from. At one stage you looked back at me.

Then finally you crossed the road and curled up again.

Everyday, I tell your sister and your mother about you, that I have found you and that you are not recognizing me, and that you are afraid of me.

Friday, December 15, 2017

Day 5 after finding you

As usual you were asleep on the divider when I came around 3:15 or 20. I took a walk around the neighbouring colonies and enclaves and R-block, and finally came back around 4:30 or so.

You were on the dump side, eating by the wall, just under the sign that said "Samovar". Frequently as you ate and walked around, you wagged your tail. One other large, black dog came around but said nothing to you. None of the dogs here seem to disturb you, so now I am wondering that you might have been here for longer.

You did see me and avoided me. At one time you seemed to hesitate to come to my side since you saw me.

Then I walked across, going by you and only then did you go over to the KECSS side. So i think you were wary of going to the side I was on.

Then after taking a bite, you curled up on the dump side and I left.

Prior to this, you did try crossing over to the divider. You hesitated several times in between and came back, then finally made it to the divider, then immediately came back.

I took no pics today as my phone battery was dead. I came back dejected. Seems you are now getting wary of me as someone to be avoided. Seems there is no progress at all.

Thursday, December 14, 2017

Day 4: After finding you - GK Enclave - I

Today I came to you around 3:15pm. You were curled up on the divider.
I stood around, whistled a bit. Then realizing that you would only come over later I went for a round of the R-Block district park.

When I returned, you were still curled up. I stood around for a bit. Then suddenly you saw a cat on the dump side and stood up. The male dog was also on this side.

You came over and the two of you walked around together. I was rather gladdened to see that you both got along okay.

Seems there was no food here. You looked around a lot. Then you both began walking away from the dump, past the KECSSS.

Then you crossed the road over to the other side, and walked into the colony. (It is either GK Part 4, or enclave. ). I followed you. You took a left toward the park and then a right before the park. You walked behind the houses looking for food.

I was glad that you had a nice colony to walk around in. I tried offering you biscuits but you ran past me around the park. I followed you, you took a left around the park. You saw a white dog in the distance near the gate, he came over and you both acquainted with each other near the entrance on the inside. I took a video.

Then the white dog went away disinterested.

I followed you around the park back to the main road of the colony.

Suddenly, 3 or 4 dogs came sprinting at you. Three continued and cought up with you. You stopped and tried to stand your ground. They backed off then.
Then i came out and looked for you. You were already at the dump.

You settled down on a large back. I came to you and tried to offer you biscuits but the motion frightened you and you walked away and were about to cross the road.

I called you and left the biscuits near one large can. I backed off making sure you could see i was backing away. Then i walked away and crossed the road, you could see me going. You again curled up on the same bag (like those plastic cement bags, or maybe gunny bags).

One more day and no progress at all. You are not interested in biscuits. I need something better.
It really seems that in five years you have had no human contact other than the snipping of the ear by MCD which would have traumatised you.

Are you happy where you are ? Where do you drink water, or is it the dirty black water at the dump ?
Are you comfortable here with that dog, and the KECSS and the Part 4 nearby ?

Wednesday, December 13, 2017

Day 3 after finding you (KECSS)

Today I came to see you for the 3rd day since finding you.

You were sleeping on the center divide as always. Strangely, the black and tan male who sits on the side opposite the dump, next to some people there, he came over and sniffed my hand and sat next to me. He followed me about. What an irony, i thought. He makes friends with me in a day but you still avoid me !

I shook him off and crossed to the divider and put some biscuits by you. You were afraid and again tried to get away so I backed off. Then you curled up again. The dog saw you and was trying to cross the road to get to you. I think he was going to come at you as he was jealous that I was paying you attention. But the traffic was too much, he could not cross.

So i came away and went around R-block a bit and bought some medicines for Mum. I came back and you had crossed over to the dump.

I offered you some biscuits but you would back off. At one point you did come forward and sniff them after I had moved away but you did not have it.

I followed you around quite a bit.

Then I found you close to the side of the Kashmir Cultural Center (slightly away from the dump). I tried to give you some biscuits but you sniffed and rejected it. But you were wagging your tail a bit as i called you. I did take some videos of you walking around.

Then (perhaps you were avoiding me) you struggled to get yourself under the gate of the KECSS, you finally got through and went in, and crossed over into the lawn. It was a nice quiet secluded area. You rolled around in the grass, got up, shook yourself and then walked further. The gates were closed from this side, so i could not enter.

I was glad you had a nice clean quiet spot to be by yourself, away from the traffic and pollution. Then you went out of view.

I came away. You did seem to respond a bit when I whistled but you were not able to make out, and were afraid.

Tuesday, December 12, 2017

Day 2 after finding you

Today in the afternoon, I once again came to the spot. You were sleeping on the same divider. I took some photos. I put some biscuits near you and stood a few feet away.

You picked one piece hesistantly, dropping it several times before finally eating it. Then you ate one or two more near you. I took a video of you eating. I reached out and placed a few more biscuits near you. You immediately got up and tried to cross the road.

I backed off and waited.

Then you crossed over to the side of the garbage dump and began rummaging through some garbage bags.

I followed you but stood at a distance and watched. You were a bit frightened of people who came close. But you also wagged your tail as you ate. You brought some pieces of food quite close to me and sat under a wheel-barrow and ate them.

I whistled to you and you did seem a tad interested, but did not look at me. Perhaps you looked at the garbage men near you.

Some time later, you began following a garbage man who was cycling away towards the crossing. But just then Bhuwal (our garbage man) came on his cycle and you turned around, got confused and then just waited there.

You stood around. Then you went back to the divider. Then you stood on the road with traffic whizzing by, crossed it back to the dump, at some more. Then you crossed back and stood on the road till a car came very close forcing you to get back onto the divider.

I waited and watched for quite some time.

I am deeply grateful that you are alive and also that you are not mauled or wounded or starved. You look pretty good. You do look six years old, with some non-black hair on your back. But then even your sister (from the same litter) has been showing some lighter coloured hair here and there for more than a year.

But it is still painful to think you have been running for five years and not found a corner in some residential place. I know that your family will not accept you and will attack you, so bringing you back is not an easy thing.
But sadly, now after five years, even you have forgotten this area and all of us. So it wont be home for you, but another strange place.

What does the future hold ?

Will you again wander off somewhere and be lost forever, and I never knowing what happened ?

Monday, December 11, 2017

Found you ... five years later !!!

Yesterday, after over five years, I found you sleeping on the divider on a main road, opposite the Pamposh Enclave garbage dump.

I talked to you, but you did not respond. Finally you looked up and got frightened, and backed off. You tried to cross the road, a lot of traffic. So i backed off, and then you returned to your spot.

I was not sure it was you.

I got some Tiger biscuits from Mehta Stores, and dropped a few near you. You suddenly looked up, and flinched. So I backed off and came away.

Your ear has been snipped. You look sad and forlorn.

I walked home with a heavy heart, trying to process this. You have been on the run for five years. No human contact except being picked up by MCD  and having your ear snipped. You are afraid of human contact now.

The last time we were together I put morsels of bread and milk in your mouth. That was how I fed you and your sister. You would see me and come running to me and jump on my trousers. You were so happy then.

All evening and night I was thinking of you. It rained at night and I was wondering where you were.