Every dog has a good day here

Deepkamal Kaur

Tribune News Service

Jalandhar, March 2

While this kind of a facility is common for metro cities, 22-year-old Eric Ohri is among the few to have introduced it in Jalandhar city.

Himself a die-hard animal lover, he is running a pet care centre at his place in Udham Singh Nagar. “Any dog, cat owners, who are going on a tour for a day or more, can leave their pets with me. I take full care of them personally taking them for walks, feeding them, playing with them and providing them all the love and homely comfort that they need. In lieu of this, I charge an amount on daily basis”, said the young lad, adding that he is enjoying the business started last year.

Studying law from a college in Pune, Eric tells, “I just need a week’s off from here to take my exams there. Rest everything is online. So, it is not a problem for me. I prefer taking prior appointments for the pet day care but if someone just walks in and wants to leave the pet there and then, I still have no issues. There are people who leave their dog for a few hours as they go to work and there are some who need to go on a long trip leaving their pets for weeks with me.”

All that the pet owners need to tell Eric is about their routine diet and eating habits and the information if any vaccination is due. “We even have veterinarians on call with us, who can come over and vaccinate the dog and even provide the treatment to a pet if it is sick,” he told, before going on, “the visiting dogs usually take a few minutes to be friendly and a few hours to settle down at my place.”

He is open to even providing AC room service to a visiting Siberian husky dog at his daycare. “Actually, I have three dogs of my own, including a Siberian husky, Tibetan mastiff and a pug. In the former times, there were once seven-eight dogs. Everyone at home is completely used to living with his pets.

“I never keep my dogs chained. I have a huge lawn where these dogs keep on playing. But sometimes there are unfriendly and less adjustable dogs, so we have to keep them confined and others open and doing this rotation for them so that they all have some time to frolic and play with me,” he discussed. Asked how long he wanted to continue with this business, he replies, “I may add on some business but this one will surely remain always.”

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