'Dangerous' and 'terrifying' dog gets retirement

Maybe a slightly different blog this time. It's about a change in our street.

As long as I live in Thailand, which has been around for seven and a half years now, there is a white dog at our residences on the neighboring resort. All so-called "Farang" (foreigners) who live here call that dog Whitey. The Thai staff calls him Kaow (the Thai word for rice).

A former gardener who was always drunk once was the owner of the dog. The gardener was fired, so left, and the dog ... he stayed. His health declined when no one really cared about him. One of the former fitness program instructors here began to take care of Whitey and his health was getting much better. He started protecting everyone here who was nice to him. People who did not like him, who treated him badly (or whom he just did not like) were literally barked.

Once a staff member from here shot a stone at him with his catapult. That caused partial blindness in one of the dog's eyes. This man, who still works here, simply cannot enter our street anymore for years. If he has to be there for work, then he waits at the end of the street until one of the homeowners goes crazy about the barking of Whitey and temporarily secures the dog to a leash. Whitey will never forget the sad and terrible incident.

The fitness instructor left to start his own business and ... the dog stayed again. My American neighbor then started to take more and more care of the dog, which made them become best friends together. My German neighbor became a sort of first deputy and I also took care of the dog when they were both unavailable for a short time. Whitey and my dog ​​Kadhow have been soul mates since they know each other. For over seven years. Nice to see "the gang" together.

This Whitey is a special dog with a lot of inner human knowledge. As long as I live here, we as neighbors often talk about how he "feels" the character, the "Jai dee" (Thai for good heart) and the inner genuine friendliness of people. It was always great to see how he reacted and reflected on our visitors and new guests from the resort who were walking down our street. We ourselves often needed a little longer to experience that what Whitey knew in a fraction of a second to discover what kind of people we had to deal with.

Various guest reviews about the resort on Trip Advisor, for example, but also various other websites speak of the presence of a "dangerous" and "terrifying" white dog. I think reviews from people Whitey had estimated right from the first time he ‘met’. All of those complaining types.

As a sort of chief dog, he regularly protected our street against negative influences, you could say, together with my own dog. And ... he warned of snakes and kept other wild dogs away by protecting the territory we are living. Because of this behavior some time ago we as neighbors gave our street the nickname "Whitey Boulevard". Good to be warned in time, right?

Whitey is now around 13 years old. My American neighbor will spend more time in Tak province. Although still Thailand not close to this place. My German neighbor is also leaving for another district of our province next week.

Time for Whitey to retire, his main care taker decided. As neighbors, we think it is the best decision and solution and we grant it to this great dog.

And so, last Tuesday Whitey also left for Tak province to live close to my American neighbor on a beautiful farm (retire place) with a good new caretaker. Hopefully with a nice retirement in sight.

Yes, we homeowners (and his friend Kadhow) will miss him and his "warning and alarm signals" here. We had a good time with him and good protection from him.

Kadhow has since taken over, after he has learned a lot from his friend.

Who knows that the guest reviews of the resort will soon state on the various websites that there is a "dangerous" and "frightening" brown species of wolf that you should be aware of. Thanks to Whitey. 

Gangey Gruma (Frans Captijn)

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