Tiger-Striped Dogs?
Posted by: Loren Coleman on September 28th, 2011
Are there really tiger-striped dogs or have humans decided to paint normally-colored dogs with stripes for sport? Brindled dogs like boxers are often used in fighting, but this is an entirely different kind of dog.
Remarks that these fighting dogs have something to do with Thylacines, who display different striping patterns and are not canids, are off-the-mark.
But what is going on here?
Here is the caption found with the above photograph:
Dogs fight during a dog-fighting match in Kabul. Dog fighting is one of the most popular hobbies among Afghans, but was banned during the fundamentalist regime of the Taliban. Dog fighting generally takes place during the winter season and draws several thousand men and boys to a patch of land on a hill outside the capital. They form a large circle around more than two dozen big, barking dogs, who strain against ropes and harnesses for a shot at the big time.
Here’s another photo from the internet, circa 2009, San Rosa, California.
Painted dogs?
Thanks to the tip from Don Lab.
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I suspect they are painted/dyed. I’ve seen pictures of Afghan soldiers sporting AK-47s with extremely gaudy decorative additions and weird paint jobs. Doesn’t really surprise me that they would do it to fighting dogs as well. Of minor consolation is the fact that in Afghan style dogfighting the matches are typically ended before either of the dogs are killed. It’s still a sick sport though.
In the second pic, the markings definitely look artificial.
Painted or dyed I’d bet my granny’s bloomers on it.
We have extreme grooming, so I’m not too surprised they paint the dog for combat competitions.
Here is a link for extreme Grooming.
Taliban deserve credit at least for that, if it is true they banned dog fighting
dyed or not, dog fights make my blood boil >:(
I would say that they are dyed or painted by some misguided LSU fans.
I can totally tell they’re painted.