Friends of Lana

Thanks to over 1500 pet parents like you who took the time out to complete this survey, we are excited to present some of the interesting lifestyle trends highlighting the shifting pet parent-dog dynamic.

Four-legged Therapist

Right off the bat, a whopping 49.5% of the respondents said they turn to their dog for emotional support, more than their friends and family. Second in line was 42.5% saying that they turned to their dogs for emotional support, along with their friends and family.

Dog mothers pour their love, time and effort into their fur babies as much as their human babies. Whether it's taking days off from work to look after a sick dog or their phone galleries being full of pooch's pictures (and subsequently showing off their fur kid to almost everybody they meet), all dog moms are true moms - supermoms, actually - and are as deserving of celebrating Mother's Day as any other mother!

To commemorate all you dog supermoms & dads on this beautiful day, we decided to talk to a few of the amazing dog moms who decided to do things a little differently.

Increasingly, there are many issues and ailments for which conventional veterinary medicine (or allopathy) may not provide all the answers. Especially as age becomes a factor in our pets’ lives, issues such as arthritis take over and we may not always readily know how to tackle something for which there may not be an adequate treatment in allopathy.

Enter alternative therapies, such as Bowen Therapy. In tandem with veterinary visits and conventional diagnoses, such alternate, miraculous therapies really shine.

And while there are a couple of hundred Bowen therapists for humans in the country, Ms Nisha Jaggi has the distinction of being the only Canine Bowen Therapist in all of India. Here, Nisha joins us for a chat as we get to pick her brain to understand Canine Bowen Therapy, which is at the core of her practice as a therapist, and additionally, a little bit about her work and experiences with animal reiki, energy healing, laser therapy and Bach flower remedies.

Getting a furbaby home, especially for the first time, can make for some of the most joyous moments in one's life. Adding a pet into your family is certainly a reason to celebrate - it's one of the most beautiful feelings in the world!

It's unfortunate, then, that so many animals are being abandoned every single day, and this figure is only rising.

What is concerning is that most people at the outset, feel that getting a new pupper is all fun and games. There is almost no due diligence done on what it actually takes to raise an animal the right way.

So we've compiled a handy checklist that every prospective pet parent should mull over. The next time somebody you know is planning to get a new dog home, make sure you share all the following points with them for consideration.