Shaggy (My Indie Dog Son, My Strength and Reason of Happiness) Part 1 

Shaggy (My Indie Dog Son, My Strength and Reason of Happiness) Part 1 

Shaggy isn’t just my Dog Son but a synonym of Strength and a reason for Happiness. His name is encrypted in my heart, mind, and soul because he’s the one who made me start loving Street Dogs and Animals more. Because of him only, I got the title – Father, a Proud Dog Father, because for me, he’s not only my Pet Dog but a child, my super boy. He’s an Indie, which means a Desi Dog, India’s own Dog, and this blog is all about him, my child, my love, my strength, and my happiness. 

Who’s Shaggy? 

A hyperactive and notorious Indie Baccha who’s always ahead of his time. I still remember the day when he was too small, about the size of my palm, and I was on an evening walk with him at Ahmedabad when he was barking at a German Shepherd Dog. That dog was double his size, and Shaggy wasn’t only barking but was jumping as if he would slap him on the face while jumping high. That day I realized that He’s not a Dog, he is a DAWG, a Dog Gangster. Shaggy is hyperactive and innocent and has an unimaginable expertise in understanding and adapting to the human language and actions.

Since childhood, I have wanted to have a dog, but due to being immature, my parents never allowed one because they couldn’t handle two notorious children (Me and my brother) and a dog. But I never compromised or restricted my love only for pets, as I started loving and caring for Street Dogs since childhood, and I am happy to be among those who really know compassion in this age when people and even children are eager to kill Street Dogs and want them to be caged and removed from the streets. 

And that’s why I chose Shaggy—“देश का कुत्ता, देसी कुत्ता” because I didn’t want to buy love; I wanted to adopt Love, a Life because, in my opinion, Love can’t be purchased; it can be adopted and accepted. 

How did I meet Shaggy? 

Before starting, I would like to highlight one fact: He adopted us before us. Yes, that’s true: Dogs tend to understand their intentions and can choose humans. The same goes for us, and the same goes for Shaggy. I was surfing the Ahmedabad Adoption page when I saw Shaggy’s adoption post. I immediately called the caretaker and visited her to discuss Shaggy. There, I learned that Shaggy was found alone when he was a few days old, and his eyes weren’t opened in Ahmedabad and Gandhinagar Highway, in 2022’s December. That lady, whom I called my elder sister, took him with her so that he wouldn’t die due to rash driving of humans on the highway, and then, she kept him for around 40-50 days till the time he was ready for adoption, as she herself had two pet dogs at her flat. 

Soon after seeing his innocence, I was attracted to Shaggy and held him for the first time. I am right now in tears. He was the size of my palm, completely fine and nourished. Since then, He has been hyperactive and running here and there on the society ground, eating sand, as this was his favourite meal. Hehe. When we were ready to take him home, the whole way, he was behaving as if we had kidnapped him. He was constantly crying and shouting like anything, and at that moment, I understood that I had brought one of the most notorious and dramatic kids ever to my flat, as I too was in a rented flat. 

Everything has changed since he entered my flat. The aura, the vibes, my life, my stress level, and my tensions have gone down, and my relaxation has gone up. I still remember how calmly he watched me when I opened the pack of Oats. That was when I got too much into his love and lost myself completely. I held him up and kissed him, and for the first time, I felt like a kid’s father, a dog’s father. 

How do I deal with my Family and other first-time issues? 

I didn’t ask my family before adopting Shaggy, as I was in Ahmedabad and informed them after adopting and bringing him home. They were furious for some time, but anyhow understood that he needed me more than I needed him, and understood how being alone at the flat was affecting my mental health, and with Shaggy’s company, my mental health would be good. 

One of the most challenging parts of adopting a dog or an animal is cleaning their waste, and for the first time in my life, I cleaned it as a pro. Yes, I am a sensitive person, but when Shaggy released his waste at my flat, I cleaned it without thinking twice, and that’s the turning point when I accepted him as my kid. Yes, just like human babies, these animals are babies, too, and once you take them as your kids, you will understand that they aren’t different, except for the language; everything is the same. From my experience, I can say that these animals have more IQ than human babies. 

Part 2 of Shaggy will also be there, where I will discuss the training I gave him and how proactively he accepted and learned those. Please, don’t forget to leave a comment on this and share your stories. 

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