As a dog lover, I see no harm in treating her as a prototype of Thai dogs. If I were to keep a dog, i would prefer Thai dogs rather than those expensive breeds so many wealthy Thais love to have as their pets (perhaps as a way to enhance their social status??). A foreign friend of mine complains abt Thai dogs roaming everywhere even in restaurants... while I could see his point, I think it;s difficult to improve Thai (esp stray) dogs' living condition as long as Thai people still value foreign breeds more than the local ones...so having Tongdang standardized as Thai dog sounds good to me.. ( I don't want to comment on the political implication of this).