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Every page here tells you the same three things: what the dog was bred to do, what it is genuinely like to live with, and who should probably choose a different dog.
Rajapalayam
ராஜபாளையம்
Rajapalayam, Virudhunagar · Tamil Nadu
The white ghost of the Nayakar courts.
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Kombai
கொம்பை
Kombai, Theni · Tamil Nadu
Red, low-slung, and built to hold a boar.
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Chippiparai
செப்பிபாறை
Chippiparai, Madurai · Tamil Nadu
A hare-courser with the lines of a temple carving.
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Kanni
கன்னி
Tirunelveli & Thoothukudi · Tamil Nadu
The maiden hound — given, never sold.
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Mudhol Hound
முதோள் நாய்
Mudhol, Bagalkot · Karnataka
The one the Army actually enlisted.
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Indian Pariah
நாட்டு நாய்
Across the subcontinent · Pan-India
Not a stray. A landrace older than every breed on this page.
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Rampur Greyhound
ராம்பூர் நாய்
Rampur, Rohilkhand · Uttar Pradesh
Bred by a Nawab to take a jackal alone.
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Gaddi Kutta
கத்தி குட்டா
Himachal & Kashmir hills · Himachal Pradesh
A mountain mastiff that works against leopards.
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Pandikona
பாண்டிகோனா
Kurnool district · Andhra Pradesh
A semi-feral hunter that still lives on its own terms.
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பக்கர்வால்
Pir Panjal range · Jammu & Kashmir
The Gujjar shepherds' vegetarian guardian.
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