In Loving Memory…
Tangi
“Tangi” is the local name of one of the 2 large trees we have right in front of our home.
Tangi was the smaller of Malu’s first puppies, and the underdog. But it was obvious a matter of time that he’d put his brother Wani to submission and became the leader of the pack.
Tangi was a very proud dog and excellent guardian of the plantation and us. He was also an excellent hunter. Sometimes unfortunate, as he once in a while liked to go out to hunt down chickens in neighboring plantations…
One evening Tangi disappeared, and we feared the worse. About 10 days later a farmer found his body, in an irrigation canal. We can only speculate what happened to him.
Tangi was our favorite dog, and we still miss him a lot…
Wani
“Wani” is the local name of one of the 2 large trees we have here.
Wani was the sweetest of all, and often also the most funny one. His ever sad face made us smile. He loved to play with his younger brothers and adopted sister and really looked after them in an adorable sweet manner.
Although he loved to play he was a bit lazy and a lack of exercise made him rather chubby. But that made him look even sweeter!
Wani died unexpectedly when we were on holiday…
We miss him a lot, and life here without Wani wasn’t the same for quite some time…
Manggis
She Rests In Peace now, under her favorite Manggis tree, Mangosteen.
She was the only girl in Malu’s second litter, but a serious match for the boys. One day she slowly lost her appetite and eventually stopped eating and drinking all together. She started to avoid us and the rest of the pack, hiding in the bushes, slowly getting worse. A few days later she must have come back to our house at night, for her last breath… We found her in the morning. Very sad.
Gamal
“Gamal” is the local name of a tree often used as shade tree for coffee and other crops. We have plenty of them!
Gamal was the dominant male of the four puppies. He was usually going his own way, and was relative quiet and easy going. Except when he reinforced his dominance over his brothers…
Gamal was a brave puppy, perhaps too brave… He died of poisoning. We want to believe it was a dead (poisoned) rat he ate, and not a poisoned bait by one of the farmers…
Kopi & Coklat
Kopi & Coklat, Coffee and Cacao, were the first 2 girls thrown away by their owner, in front of our plantation. We took them in and cared for them throughout their early lives. We were not sure to keep them though, as somehow they didn’t fit into the pack. They were independent rebels, noisy, and often trouble…
Kopi and Coklat were always going their own ways, individually. They became eventually very capable of looking after themselves, even finding enough food throughout the plantation, until late at night.
Eventually we decided to set them free in the bush, hoping they would simply survive as wild dogs. We lost track of Coklat the moment we set her free, but Kopi was often seen by one of our friends. She was doing very well, and indeed very capable of looking after herself. Maybe too good… She was found dead a few months later, most likely poisoned. I guess she was too good as a chicken hunter…
Vlekkie
“Vlekkie” is Dutch for “spots”. She and her sister were thrown away by her owner, in front of our plantation. I guess they knew we like dogs, and didn’t mind a few more…
Initially we left them where they were dumped, but when her sister apparently had eaten a poisoned rat and became very sick we decided to take them in. Her sister didn’t make it…
Vlekkie was a real lady. She knew how to behave and loved cuddling. She was well-accepted by the rest of the pack, eventually even by Malu!
Vlekkie unexpectedly died when we were on holiday, the same night Wani died… Poisoned by a local farmer who probably had enough of our dogs killing chickens.
We miss her a lot, she was the lady of the pack…
