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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.
Pet Care Tips22 August 20266 min read
How to Store Dog Food in the Monsoon Without It Spoiling
You reach the bottom of the bag on a rainy morning and the kibble smells oily and stale. In the monsoon, storing dog food the wrong way can turn it rancid or mouldy without you noticing. Here is how to keep every bowl fresh and safe.
Training & Behavior22 August 20268 min read
Separation Anxiety in Dogs: When Your Dog Dreads You Leaving
Your dog is fine until the door clicks shut, then the barking, the chewed slipper, the puddle by the gate. That is not spite, it is panic. Here is how to gently teach your dog that being alone is safe.
Health & Wellness21 August 20267 min read
If Your Dog Ate Rat Poison: A Monsoon Guide for India
The monsoon pushes rats into our kitchens, and the rat cake behind the fridge becomes the most dangerous thing in the house for a curious dog. Some poisons take days to show, by which point the bleeding is already underway. Here is how to stay calm and act fast if your dog gets to the bait.
Pet Care Tips21 August 20266 min read
How Often Should You Bathe Your Dog in the Monsoon?
Your dog comes home from every monsoon walk wet and smelling sour, and a daily bath feels like the obvious fix. It usually is not. Here is how often to bathe your dog in the monsoon, and why drying matters far more than another wash.