Khmer Street Dogs

Celebrating the non-pampered dogs of Cambodia (with varying degrees of human involvement in their lives). All photographs taken on the streets of Cambodia, shot as close as seems wise given each dog's mood.

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This is from a tribal village in the northeastern hills of Cambodia, the province of Ratanakiri. A boy was torturing the shit out of this puppy earlier, just bending it in every way imaginable to see how a skeleton works? I don’t know. It needed a good rest.

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This temple dog was at peace because all its cows were wallowing in one place in the river. The world was in order.

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Please help me, I’ve been inbred…

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Global crisis alert: Cambodian dogs are often very scared of anyone petting them. They don’t know the hedonistic luxuries of their western counterparts. But…they also wander wherever the fuck they want and are not neurotic at all.

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Not pictured: the long-tailed macaques who torture this poor girl all day every day.

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The butterflies fly away…

Noddin’ my head like yeah…

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Spooky action…at a dingus!

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A big thing to know about Cambodian dogs: they are pretty okay by day but turn into vicious hunters by night.

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Don’t most dogs spend a lot of time cleaning themselves? This dog always looks like this. She’s just fucking had it and that is understandable. That’s how we all feel.

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my fur looks like this so theirs can look like that.

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Named this dog Thin Mints

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Angel Boy is growing up so fast.

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A messed up tail for dogs is like a tear tat or eyebrow notch for humans

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This god danged Precious Moment over here

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One eye on trash and one eye on trash rivals

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Who wore it better?

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This dog seems more nude than the average dog.