Why Indies Are Also Dream Pets

The PM called for more Indie adoptions. And here's why Indians are responding now more than ever.

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00:00In fact, my mom, when I got Phoebe, was like,

00:02she's a street dog, she'll bite anyone.

00:05You know, she comes from that mentality.

00:07Indian breed dogs are also very good.

00:11They are very capable.

00:14And they are also very friendly in the Indian environment.

00:24Okay, Phoebe, sit down.

00:30I don't want to buy a dog.

00:37So I knew that I wanted just to rescue one.

00:41You don't save a dog, the dog saves you.

00:55If we would be researching a dog who is our family member,

00:59as much as we research getting a new phone, a new car,

01:03a new house, inanimate objects,

01:06we spend months and years to get the right thing

01:09so we don't make the wrong decision.

01:29In fact, my mom, when I got Phoebe, was like,

01:32she's a street dog, she'll bite anyone.

01:35You know, she comes from that mentality.

01:44These indigenous dogs called Indian Pariah dog,

01:48that is the pure form of it,

01:50they got mixed with pure breeds in the cities like Spitz,

01:55Golden Retriever, Labrador.

01:56That's what we have over here called Indies,

01:59or stray dogs.

02:09These dogs have a different sort of mind.

02:12They're not lazy.

02:13They're very, very energetic.

02:15She loves, by the way, she loves trash.

02:18So in fact, my trainer used to tell me that for Indie dogs,

02:20you need to, you can't serve food in a bowl all the time.

02:23It gets boring for them.

02:24You need to play it along.

02:26You know, you need to pack it in a box

02:27and ask her to rip the box apart and eat it.

02:29I will raise my Indie dog as I would an expensive foreign

02:53dog, or even a fake one.

02:56Indie dog as I would an expensive foreign dog. First, let's find the equality in treating

03:02them the same way.

03:20So first we have to take away dogs as a status symbol or an image or a reflection of our

03:26family. It should be, you know, that I make the dog happy and the dog makes me happy.

03:31Please adopt, don't shop. There's so many beautiful dogs around you and they all need

03:36love and we have so much of it. So please give it to them.