Hi there! My name is Kimmy and I am a 2.5 years old, female, Desi dog from the streets of Gurgaon, India. My humans tell me I am a beautiful brown and black coloured doggy!
When I was 7 months old, my favourite human rescued me. Her name is Jyoti and I love her so much. She rescued me, my brother and my sister all together and took us to a farmhouse with many other doggies! My brother and sister found families who wanted to keep them forever in India itself. I often wonder why nobody came for me? My rescuer tried so hard to find me a family in her city, so she can keep a regular check on me.
I was rescued when I was bearing babies, even though I was a baby myself. None of my babies survived because I was too weak. I wish they had survived. Jyoti rescued some other babies and since I had milk in my teats and those babies were motherless, I adopted them and used to feed them. I am spayed now and will never face the grief of losing my children, again!
Since nobody wanted me in India, I am now travelling to Chicago! I hear it is a great city and that someone will surely want to adopt me into their family there! I am a very sweet girl and have never behaved badly. I love to play with humans and dogs. I do not have any experience with cats, as yet. I am practicing how to not get nervous inside a crate or with household noises. I am also learning how to walk on the leash and stay inside cars! I think I would make a great companion to you. What do you think?
Desi (day-see) dogs live on the city and village streets of India, with an estimated 400,000 in the capital Delhi, alone. Also called Indies, Indian Native Dogs, or pariah dogs, these dogs have changed little over thousands of years. Desi dogs are highly intelligent, alert, good-looking, athletic, and full of character. Many urban desi dogs have recent European breed ancestry too, along with sighthound sleekness and speed.
While most street dogs experience indifference at best, some neighbors and business owners look after their community dogs. Delhi’s extreme weather (cold winters, sweltering summers, thick smog, and monsoons), dangerous traffic, disease, human violence, and attacks from other dogs, ensure that most desi puppies die before reaching adulthood. It’s a great irony that increasing numbers of status-conscious Indians are buying expensive and ill-suited foreign breed dogs, while more resilient and regal-looking native Indian dogs often have to travel internationally to find willing adoptive homes. Most of the desi dogs that ISDF places could not survive on Indian streets due to early orphaning or injury, or have been rescued from especially threatening situations.
If you are interested in adopting KIMMY, please contact Dawn Trimmel at info@istreetdog.com. You can also find our adoption application here. Your application must be approved before scheduling a meet and greet.