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Life With Pets / Everyday Life

Veterinary Costs: What to Expect and How to Plan

Bringing a pet home involves a long-term financial commitment. Food, accessories and grooming are visible expenses, but veterinary costs can sometimes be considerably higher.

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Life With Pets / Everyday Life

What Does the World Look Like Through Your Dog's Eyes?

For decades, the popular belief was that dogs saw the world in black, white and shades of grey, a notion so persistent it shaped everything from toy design to leash colours. It turns out to be false,

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Life With Pets / Everyday Life

Spraying

Urine spraying is a territorial marking behaviour seen in adult cats. Its exact purpose is still debated, but it seems to help cats communicate across distance, coordinate movement through shared terr

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Life With Pets / Everyday Life

The Case for Dogs (A Biased but Honest One)

Let us be upfront: this is not a neutral piece. It is written from the dog person's corner of an argument that has divided households, timelines and dinner table conversations for as long as pets have

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Life With Pets / Relationships

What a Family Pet Really Teaches Your Child

Ask any grandparent in an Indian household about pets, and you will likely hear a variation of “in my time, we had street dogs who wandered in and out, no fuss, no vet bills.” The relationship between

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Life With Pets / Everyday Life

Pets and Apartment Rules: RWA Disputes, Rights and Etiquette

Living in an apartment with a pet can sometimes become a source of conflict between residents, pet parents and Resident Welfare Associations (RWAs). Complaints about barking, cleanliness, lifts and sh

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