Raw Food For Your Furry-Paw Yes Or No?

There is no dearth of debatable topics when it comes to dog nutrition! Feeding raw or cooked meat to our dogs is one such topic. You will find nutritionists completely bent in favor of raw food, while some swearing by their own home-cooked meals.

Do We Adopt Them Or They Adopt Us?

I often wonder whether we adopt pets or they adopt us. I somehow got on to the conclusion that they adopt us. Yes! It might look as we are the ones adopting them, but in reality, they are the ones who accept us more than we do. They always put themselves in a place where anything they come across and whatever we throw at them, they will accept it happily. They don't know or rather I should say they don't do any discrimination. They accept each and every one of us, the way we are!

VEGAN PUMPKIN DOG TREATS

Veganism is not just an eating pattern or a choice of food, but a lifestyle having rationale behind whatever we decide to eat. When one goes vegan, he chooses not to consume dairy, eggs, or any other products of animal origin, in addition to refraining from meat, as vegetarians do.

JUST DOGS' LOCKDOWN EXPERIENCE ADJUSTING TO NEW NORMAL

With an aim to cater to pet owners’ needs and to make pet parenting effortless, Just Dogs share their experience of the lockdown and how they adjusted to the new normal.

Feeding Strays and Keeping Pets in India

Important Rules and Guidelines

SOCIALIZATION - THE KEY TO A FRIENDLY, HAPPY & CONFIDENT DOG!

Socialization is crucial to ensure that a puppy grows up to be a happy, confident, and friendly adult dog. It is a very important aspect of puppy parenting.

Human-Animal Bonding

Nature is diverse and co-existence is the rule of nature. Humans are not its ‘only’ creation; there are numerous other creatures as well, such as animals, whom Mother Nature has given birth to. Like humans, they too deserve to live their lives to the fullest. Nature has instilled a peculiar instinct in both humans and animals, probably due to which they have shared a distinctive yet quirky connection from time immemorial.

World CAT DAY 2020

Festivities put together by the Feline club of India

GIVING BACK

WE STARTED SELLING THE INDIE CALENDAR 2020 IN JANUARY AND WITHIN A MONTH, WE WERE ABLE TO RAISE OVER RS 25,000/- FOR CHARITY! IT WAS SUCH A HUGE LEAP FROM THE LAST TIME WE SOLD CALENDARS AND WITH EXCITEMENT IN OUR HEARTS, WE SET OUT TO GIVE THE CHARITY OF OUR CHOICE, THE MONEY...

Bow Wow LIFE STYLES

OUT STORY Bow Wow started in 2014 with a unique approach towards Pet Sitting/Pet Boarding, where we made sure we only take in one pet at a time so that they would get our undivided attention while their pet parents were at work or were traveling.

Why Should I Take Up Birding?

The Covid-19 lockdown has seen a sharp increase in population of birders around the world. Silence around us has made even the not-so-observant ones hear chirps that they had never heard or paid attention to before. Birds have always been around us but in our haste and constant race, we never stopped to look for them. Their chirps were overpowered by noise pollution. Our hectic life and a super busy schedule deprived us of all the beauty around us.

Dog's Nose Window To Its Health

Dogs can smell up to 100,000 times better than humans. They have up to 300 million olfactory receptors in their noses versus only about 6 million in us. Also, the part of their brain dedicated to interpreting these is about 40 times larger than ours!

Rainy Season

PUPPY CARE TIPS

PARR

How does it feel to be a pet parent? Interesting, excited, confused, full of energy or mix of all such emotions… Let us know it from Gouri, an undergraduate student and her sister Shruthi as to how it feels to be a pet parent at such a young age. They share their journey of raising Parr, their beloved pet, with us…

Reasons Why One Should Invest in Professional Pictures of their Dogs

To be honest, as dog parents, don’t we just love taking pictures of our dogs? If it were possible, we wouldn’t miss to document any of those fleeting yet beautiful moments of our beloved dogs, be it their funny faces, toothy grins, wet noses, hanging tongues or wagging tails.

PUPPY TRAINING 101

10 Tips for New Puppy Parents

Grooming Tools Guide Part 1

Are you a pet parent struggling to groom your pet? Then you are in the right place, read on. We in “cats and dogs” provide professional services like grooming, training and boarding for pets.

Feline Care During Monsoon

List of the most common and potentially dangerous conditions that pets can develop during cold and wet weather are: Leptospira, Maggots, Parvovirus diarrhoea, Distemper, Hepatitis, Paw wounds, Bugs, ticks, and fleas.

The Way To A Dog's Heart Is... Well Yes, Through Its Nose!

For years, there has always been confusion for pet parents as to what kind of food is good or bad, allowed or not allowed for pets, especially dogs. Since I specialize more in the dogs’ category, I would love to share some brief info that may be useful in case you are looking at options for feeding your dogs besides the commercially available dog foods. However, please do consult your family vet before you administer anything to your pet for possible allergic reactions or if your dog has any special needs.

Adoption and Abandoning of Pets during Lockdown

COVID-19 pandemic has not only impacted human life, but it has also had a significant impact on both stray and pet dogs and cats. During the lockdown, these harmless strays that usually depend on local shopkeepers, restaurants, and small eateries for food and water were left with nothing. Starving strays had complete freedom to roam around streets and dig into waste bins, but even those scraps were no longer available with restaurants and shops being closed.

Webinar - Feline Market In India: A Purrfect Business Opportunity

Our expert speakers discussed the kind of development that is happening in indian feline market, consequently giving rise to various business opportunities for budding entrepreneurs. At present, cat population in india is around 2 million and this number is estimated to get doubled in coming 5–6 years.

Bringing Home A Kitten: Things You Need to Know

Kittens and cats are attracted to loose wires, so consider taping wires to baseboards or the underside of tables or desks.

Which Breed Is Suitable For First-Time Pet Parents?

Becoming a first-time dog owner is exciting but it can also be a bit overwhelming. There are so many different dogs out there and it's hard to know how to choose the right one. Before you take home the next adorable puppy you see, there are a few things to consider.

Pet Care & Grooming Under Lockdown

Petgascar Pet Spa was founded in 2011. We have 4 salons across Mumbai and provide home service too. Sharing a bond with every pet that we groom, and building a connection for even the nervous ones to gradually trust us is what we aim for. We are a team of pet lovers who are very passionate about their work and can’t wait to get to the other side of this pandemic.

SUMMER SKIN WOES

As the mercury rises, so do the cases of many ailments in our pets. Loss of appetite, digestive upsets, heatstroke, and dehydration are some of the conditions we commonly see in the height of summers. Besides these, there are many skin conditions that are more likely or are aggravated in summer months. These can be prevented or controlled to a large extent with right precautions.

ZARA THE RETRIEVER

Meet Hamsika Mani and Sairam Santhanam, proud parents of our ‘Pet of the Month’, Zara the retriever…. We got an opportunity to touch base with them and getting to know from pet parent’s point of view, what challenges they face while raising a pet. Here are excerpts from their life of being first-time pet parents……

STRAW'S COMPASSIONATE CLASSROOMS

Teaching Children Kindness & Empathy Towards All Creatures Great and Small

SERPAE TETRA (HYPHESSOBRYCON EQUES)

Serpae tetras are popular schooling fishes. These are also known as Callistus tetras or Blood tetras. They are very beautiful flame-coloured slow-moving fishes. They are easy to care for and are robust; many aquarists keep them in community and planted aquariums around the globe.

MY FOUR FOOTED CO-THERAPISTS

THERAPY DOGS, ON THE OTHER HAND, ARE PETS, WHICH PROVIDE MENTAL AND EMOTIONAL SUPPORT TO A RANGE OF PEOPLE. THEY ARE WHAT WE CALL, ‘VISITING PROFESSIONALS’. SO KUTTY STAYED WITH PRINCIPAL OF THE SCHOOL AND VISITED SCHOOL EVERY DAY ALONG WITH THE PRINCIPAL; SHE WENT BACK TO HER FAMILY AFTER SCHOOL HOURS TO LIVE A HAPPY LIFE OF A LAB.

FRESHWOOF

FRESHWOOF is a popular name for Urban Tails Private Limited. As they say, it is an initiative to bring back the ‘real food’ in your dog’s bowl. We got an opportunity to have a conversation with its proud founders Sakshi Sharma, a certified Canine Nutritionist and Tejwinder Singh, a dog enthusiast. They are active in serving ‘ready-to-eat’ human-grade fresh food that is free from any preservatives/chemicals or artificial ingredients. They discussed about their company’s inception, products and marketing strategies. Following are the excerpts from the meeting…..