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meditation. I find it almost as good for compound and feeding them. Given
the soul as Prayer! Nevertheless, I am that they are my responsibility, I
writing this because I would love to handle all the stress that the society
share my story about taking care of in general exerts to force these dogs
6 pups living in my housing society out. Despite this constant fight, I think

since October 2019. that this has been the best decision
that I have made for them to let them
I live in a society where most people every day for 10 days to make sure stay with me as much as possible as
are allergic to dogs. They believe that puppies are happy and taken my pet. This gives them the freedom
in praying to God but not in feeding care of well. All these days, I fed them to play and roam around wherever
hungry animals around them. Among dinner as well. Once they got settled they like. They come home when it's
such people, a dog had given birth and were happy, then I was satisfi ed. time to eat and bark while sitting in
to 6 pups. Mercifully, out of the six, front of the gate of my home, almost
only two pups were left while the One more concern that people had calling us out to dinner. In these
rest four were adopted. They were before adopting the pups was if it’s a difficult times of COVID, we have

hardly three months old when their male or a female; colour of the pups never felt a need for anyone from
mother died. My mom and I were also mattered to them. The people outside to come and visit our home or
worried about these small babies and I am talking about are learned and go for an outing because we had our
started looking for suitable homes to educated people. They still had these dogs with us. The responsibilities we
get them adopted because we knew reservations. I was left with 3 puppies shouldered allowed our days to pass
that people in my neighbourhood will – one was a brown coloured female quite easily. Good news at the end of
not let them stay. Getting indie pups and two puppies were black coloured this is that just a week back both of
adopted is a difficult thing to do! Many males. I finally got a call for a black them were adopted by a loving family.

people are interested to adopt only puppy through my social media The family stays in a nearby society.
specific breeds as they don’t consider posts. I visited the lady who wanted They are an old couple; they love

indie as a dog breed; for them, they to adopt him; she was a widow and feeding street dogs. They adopted
are only street dogs. I made posts she wanted a dog as her companion. the two cuties instantly they saw
on Instagram and Facebook for dog It took me 2 months for fi nding home them. As it’s a saying “Dogs do speak
adoption with photos. It used to be for these puppies. but only to those who know how to
my everyday job to set reminders on listen”. It’s been a wonderful journey
social media. People used to comment Finally, two puppies were left; no with them, and I am so glad that they
asking, “If you have a specifi c dog one wanted a female dog. I wanted got their own house to live in.
breed for adoption, we would love to to adopt both of them, but I was
adopt them.” I was hopeless at one restricted because I already had I wanted to be a veterinary doctor but
point. We have a small locality near a dog at home who was jealous of because of some reasons I couldn’t.
our building where all labour workers, them. We decided on not getting However, I want to run my own NGO
vegetable vendors, drivers, household them home but to take good care of for animals. I request all pet lovers
helpers, and cooks stay. One day I them. I named the beautiful indie to help indie dogs or the animals in
saw a lady, not from very wealthy dogs Guddu and Julie. They love need around you.
family, feeding milk and biscuits to playing with kids in the society. I feed
the puppies. When I asked her what them lunch and dinner every day. I I request you to promote adoption.
she does for a living, she replied, “I give them the same food that my fur Even one person doing things for
am a cook in this society, but I would baby eats at home. We got the dogs animals matters a lot. We have people
love to adopt two pups”. At first, I was sterilized after they were of right age working for human community but

a bit concerned about it. She asked to be operated. We also take them for there are very less people who feel
me to visit her place before giving her monthly injections to a dog hospital. for Animals. Be one of them!
the puppies. When I saw her house
and met her kids, I was assured that There are days when the society * Author is a Dental Radiologist. She has loved
it will be a good decision sending off administration complains about animals since her childhood and her dream is to
open an NGO for them. She feels satisfi ed working
little ones with her. I visited her place keeping these dogs in the society for them.

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