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Training & Behavior12 September 20268 min read
How to Stop Your Dog Barking at the Doorbell This Festive Season
Festive sale season means the bell rings twice a day, and your dog meets every single delivery at full volume. Here is a calm, three stage plan to stop your dog barking at the doorbell, built for Indian apartments and the weeks before Diwali.
Health & Wellness11 September 20268 min read
Pancreatitis in Dogs: The Festival Food Illness That Arrives Late
Two days after the modaks, Motu would not eat and stood in the corridor in a strange stretched shape. Pancreatitis in dogs almost never shows up on the day of the feast. Here is what a festival kitchen can do to a dog, and what to do in the first twelve hours.
Pet Care Tips10 September 20268 min read
Senior Dog Care in India: The Quiet Signs Nobody Warns You About
Bruno stopped on the third step every morning, and his family assumed it was just age. It was his hips. Here is what senior dog care in India should actually involve, from the signs that get written off to the six month check that catches them early.
Training & Behavior9 September 20268 min read
Cat Peeing Outside the Litter Box: A Festival Season Guide for India
Your cat has never missed her tray, and this week there is a puddle on the bed. Before you blame her, there is a medical emergency to rule out and a house full of festival changes to look at. A calm, practical guide for Indian cat parents.
Training & Behavior6 September 20268 min read
Muzzle Training for Dogs in India: The Kindest Thing to Teach
Most Indian pet parents think a muzzle is an admission that something is wrong with their dog. It is closer to a seatbelt: the thing you make ordinary now, so it is already familiar on the day you need it. Here is how muzzle training for dogs actually works, in one-minute sessions, before festival season fills your home with noise.
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.
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.