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Pet Care Tips4 September 20268 min read
How to Find a Lost Dog in India: The Festival Season Plan
A gate propped open for the drum party, thirty seconds of noise, and the dog is gone. This is what actually works in the first ten minutes, how the search widens across an Indian neighbourhood, and why a frightened dog runs from the person calling his name. Plus the five minutes of preparation that shorten the whole thing.
Training & Behavior3 September 20268 min read
How to Prepare Your Dog for Diwali Fireworks: Start Now, Not November
Last Ganpati, Kabir spent two hours folded under the dining table, refusing chicken from his owner's hand. Diwali falls on 8 November, which leaves about nine weeks. Here is the slow sound training that changes how that night goes, and the everyday mistakes that quietly undo it.
Health & Wellness2 September 20268 min read
Bloat in Dogs: The Festival Season Emergency That Moves Fast
Your dog retches and nothing comes up. He paces, drools and will not lie down. Bloat in dogs can turn fatal within hours, and festival weeks in India line up almost every risk factor on a single evening. Here is what to watch for and what to do.
Pet Care Tips1 September 20268 min read
Matted Fur in Dogs: The Coat Problem the Monsoon Leaves Behind
A knot behind the ear is not a grooming problem, it is a sealed pocket of damp skin. Here is where matted fur in dogs starts in an Indian monsoon, how to work knots out safely without scissors, and why shaving a double coat usually backfires.
Training & Behavior31 August 20268 min read
How to Stop Your Dog Jumping on Guests Before the Festival Rush
The doorbell rings and your dog is already airborne, paws on a relative who is trying hard to look delighted. Here is a calm two week plan to stop your dog jumping on guests, built around a mat, a doorbell ladder and one message to the family group. It will not make him perfect. It will make him someone your visitors stop bracing for.
Health & Wellness30 August 20268 min read
Dog Scooting on the Floor: What Your Dog's Rear End Is Telling You
Your dog drags his bottom across the freshly mopped floor and everybody laughs. Dog scooting is not a comedy routine, though: it is usually a blocked anal gland, and the tail end of the monsoon is when it peaks in Indian homes. Here is how to read the signs, what genuinely helps, and the one thing you should never try yourself.
Pet Care Tips29 August 20268 min read
How to Choose a Pet Boarding Facility Before the Festival Rush
The wedding card arrives, the dates are fixed, and suddenly you have four nights and nowhere for your dog to sleep. Here is how to choose a pet boarding facility before the festival rush: what to inspect when you walk in, which vaccines need booking weeks ahead, and which questions separate a good place from a pretty one. Plus what a normal first week home looks like, and when it is a vet visit.
Training & Behavior28 August 20268 min read
Dog Car Anxiety: Getting Your Dog Ready for the Festival Drive
Your dog drools, yawns and folds into the footwell four minutes into every drive. Dog car anxiety is not a fixed fact about your dog, it is a set of associations you can rebuild in short sessions in your own parking spot. Here is the plan, what to get right on the road, and when your vet should be involved.
Health & Wellness27 August 20267 min read
Are Raisins Bad for Dogs? A Festival Kitchen Warning
Meera left a bowl of warm sheera on the counter for ninety seconds. The kishmish in it were the problem. Here is why grapes, raisins and even tamarind can damage a dog's kidneys, and why the first hour matters far more than the first symptom.
Pet Care Tips26 August 20268 min read
How to Keep Your Dog's Bed Dry and Clean Through the Monsoon
You bathe the dog and the smell comes back, because the smell was never the dog. It is the bed he sleeps in, holding three weeks of rain in its middle. Here is how to keep your dog's bed dry in the monsoon, wash it so it actually helps, and tell a damp bed from a skin problem that needs a vet.
Training & Behavior23 August 20268 min read
How to Teach Your Dog to Come When Called Before Ganpati
A gate left open for ninety seconds is all it takes. Here is how to teach your dog to come when called, using a fresh word, food worth running for and a long line. Build it now, before the Ganpati crowds arrive.
Health & Wellness22 August 20267 min read
Ear Haematoma in Dogs: The Monsoon Swelling That Needs a Vet
Your dog's ear flap puffs up overnight and feels like a water balloon under the skin. It almost always started weeks earlier, in a damp canal and a head that would not stop shaking. Here is what an ear haematoma in dogs really is, and what waiting costs.