The Tibetan Mastiff also known as Do-khyi (variously translated as "home guard", "door guard", "dog which may be tied", "dog which may be kept"), reflects its use as a guardian of herds, flocks, tents, villages, monasteries, and palaces, much as the old English ban-dog (also meaning tied dog) was a dog tied outside the home as a guardian. However, in nomad camps and in villages, the Do-khyi is traditionally allowed to run loose at night and woe be unto the stranger who walks abroad after dark.
Hark! Hear thou ever-vigilant cry! From yonder darkness cometh the quadruped canine to reject intruders into the pit should they forsake to cause ill! Away! Fly like the sparrow on a safer course!
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