High in the Himalayan region, Tibetan monasteries relied on dogs that carried out work essential to daily life. These dogs ...

Huang Ding, secretary-general of the Mastiff Association of Tibet, walks his dog on Friday. Wang Jing / China Daily As the craze over the lion-like Tibetan mastiffs from the Himalayan plateau has ...

Today, the Tibetan Mastiff is largely a massive but cuddly pet – a gentle giant in the dog world. However, this breed has strong working roots, and are still frequently used as Livestock Guardian ...

This pooch is a superdog. A stray dog tagged along with a team of mountaineers, following them up to the top of the 23,389-foot peak in Nepal’s Himalayas – a first in the canine world. Mera, a ...

Indian dog breeds such as Rampur hound, gaddi and bakharwal are likely to be deployed as police dogs, till now the exclusive preserve of foreign breeds, and will be used to sniff out suspects, ...