Hi,
I will be travelling to Katmandu and then travelling around Nepal on my own.
I was attacked by dogs in Nicaragua so I’m a little bit nervous about the stray dogs here as they seem to be quite aggressive. Is this true and can you avoid getting circled and attacked easily?
Any help would be wonderful thank you.
No, not an issue.
In my experience not an issue in any country. The dangerous dogs are sheep dogs and farm dogs, but not in Nepal
Seen many dogs in Nepal. Never seen an aggressive one or pack. Many very friendly. But they do like to bark at night....
I have seen aggressive packs of dogs in Thailand.
Aggressive or friendly, we avoid contact due to existence of Rabies.
https://www.tripadvisor.com.au/ShowTopic-g293889-i9243-k11976811-Stray_dogs_in_Nepal-Nepal.html
In general fine but……do read the above!
Edited: 24 January 2023, 05:54If you don't provoke them they will keep to themselves. Some dogs are even friendly and you can even pet them but because of hygiene issues, don't.
That's the main issue with stray dogs for hikers, they will befriend you and follow you forever, believe me, it happened to me countless time, even for more than one day and even through I didn't feed them.
Having had your experience before I completely understand your concerns . In Nepal though I really don’t think you are going to have a problem the dogs seem fairly tame and the only issue I have had is being followed on a trail for hours by dogs who just seem to want a travelling companion…yes I did feed them …..I am a bad person …… Trekking though you had one have to be aware of the donkeys and yaks whether grazing or load carrying ………….maybe I shouldn’t have mentioned that …
The 'Kampung' (village) flea-bitten, dogs in places Malaysia, Indonesia and Thailand are completely different to Nepalese dogs. Those dogs (Malaysia/Thai/Indo) are very aggressive and loud - but I've never actually been bitten. The Nepalese dogs I've encountered trekking just seem to be very healthy, friendly dogs in comparison - many just befriend and follow you for kilometres. (Note: I've had the rabies shots anyways...)
#5 We had a very friendly, healthy dog follow us all the way from Gokyo over the RenjoLa and almost to Lungden before it turned back last Nov!
