by:Mr. Boon3

Thai Ridgeback Dog called in Thai  “Mah Thai Lang Aan”  is a genuine Thai thoroughbred dog.  Aside from its good appearance, it has many charming habits; especially, it has a very strong allegiance to its owner or raiser.  This makes it to be lovable and good in raising qualities.  Certainly, the ones who have raised it are experienced and able to confirm the above statements.  Charming habits of Thai Ridgeback Dog as its distinguishable traits are as follows:

·         Habit of Being in Love of Cleanliness:   A Thai Ridgeback Dog, even it is a puppy, has a habit of being in love of cleanliness.  For example: if it is in a cage and needs to defecate or to urinate, it will call its owner or raiser to let it go to the place where it regularly uses for passing its water or evacuating its bowels.  Sometimes, in case of emergency, it is evident that it will try to defecate and urinate as far as possible from its feeding container and its lodging place.  So that you may have an experience of seeing that it tries to pass water through the meshes of the cage.

·         Habit of Being in Good Spirits:  Thai Ridgeback Dog is normally in good spirits and feels like playing with its owner or raiser rather than the other dogs.  It is always very rejoiced if the owner or raiser plays with it.

·         Habit of Being in High Cleverness, Domain Possessiveness, and Alertness:  So that it is very good for watching your house and other premises even without training

·         Habit of Being in Love of Liberty:  Because Thai, by word, means either the freedom-loving person or the people having liberation from the control of some other person or some arbitrary power.  Nothing is amazed if, sometimes, Thai Ridgeback Dog will feel like playing, chasing, or hunting something rather than paying attention to the order of its owner or raiser, especially the one who has never raised it.  This is just only a distinctive illustration of its love of liberty.

·         Habit of Being Vigilant and Self-sustained:  This makes it knows to avoid vehicles those are in motion including to take refuge, to shelter, and to avoid danger from any stranger, stray dog, and poisonous animals such as snake, and centipede.

·         Habit of Being Modest:  Normally, Thai Ridgeback Dog does not feel like destroying its owner’s belongings, but it loves.  On the contrary, you may once experience that it mouths the newly abandoned socks returning to its owner.

·         Habit of Being Lived in a Pack:  Thai Ridgeback Dog has set up its domain limits, as its bounds, by emitting pheromone, an ectohormone to convey information about that to other dogs.  Once any intrusion upon its bounds is made, the intruder will have an experience of a violent fighting, until the host or the intruder has won.  Of course, the intruder but winner is rare.  If the intruder is a man, it will warn him against his intrusion by growling; and if the intrusion proceeds, it will not hesitate to charge him fiercely.  On the contrary, whenever it goes           out-of-bounds it will be rather modest.

·         Habit of Being in Less Excitement:  Normally, Thai Ridgeback Dog would rather not growl.  Whenever it growls or goes on barking, it means that there is any intruder such as a man, a snake, or a certain animal, or any abnormal situation.  So that, for the time being, the owner or raiser should inspect around carefully and thoroughly.

·         Habit of Being Good in Fighting:  Thai Ridgeback Dog is clever in taking care itself from the time it is a puppy till a mature dog.  It is a good fighter and clever in fighting either face to face or beset with foes so that it will be hardly wounded.  Of course, if making a stand against its foes is impossible, it will run away safely.  In face to face fighting, a larger foe is frequently bitten at the thighs until it is fled away.  But if the intruder is a thief or a man, his calves, thighs, buttocks, and a gusset are its important targets.

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