Why Blog the Bali Dog?

It’s kinder than flogging the Bali Dog to death

No hogging its flesh and no dog day breath

The Dog of all Dogs deserves to be heard

To be free from harm and loved and not scared



For those who know them there’s no going back

The Bali Dog is more addictive than crack

Intelligent and proud and strong and loud

The unique Bali Dog never pleases the crowd



Under threat and under siege devalued and destroyed

   Reality facing the dog that annoys

The tourists who want convenient and clean

Rabies and no fur equal scary and mean



Development and money now the God of all things

A mangy old dog replaced by new furry bling

Everything foreign being the new way to go

But Bali Dogs are too real and too old for the show



So why do I blog the Bali Dog at all

Why bother at all why answer their call

For those who don’t care for hair or for fur

The Indigenous Bali Dog will be a momentary blur



But for those still around who know them well

Support for their plight is needed to swell

So that’s simply the reason I blog and not flog

For the continued survival of the Dog of all Dogs

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