Forum of the Month - June - "Pets and Animal Lovers"

Dear Indus Ladies,

Finally i found a place where i could meet good friends, get to know what's happening around, check the recipe section before i cook that special meal, participate in the forum...and what not? Thanks Indus ladies for this warm community.

About pets, The one word which comes to my mind is "joy". Yes! having a pet gives one extra ordinary sense of joy, accompanied by an extra responsibility towards the pet. In Maldives there are no dogs and we have two cats to make up for it.

Pet lovers will surely nod an "yes", when i say pets respond emotionally to us.Our cat "KooKi" a boy cat and "Mooki" a girl cat, offer us so much of love- unconditional love.

when it comes to being faithful, no pet can beat a dog but strangely enough Kooki behaves like a dog, waits for us to be back home, come meowing wherever we are. He doesn't like to sit in a room alone. He would quietly come and sit amongst us. And respond to all my question i ask "kooki" "enge poane"(where did you go?) , etc/.It's just a meow. Doesn't matter. it makes you happy when you live in a faraway land and you have your pets only your pets and your family to make you feel wanted. These pets make up for a whole lots of friends and relatives whom we left back home to far far away land.

It's nice to have pets. What say?..

 

Laxmi,
Was very glad to see that the 'pet forum' has been chosen for the Forum of the Month..
Hope to see more topics and articles related to pets...

sriniketan

 

Hi,

Pets to our home was like heat is the Human Body.Dogs are known as Person's Best Friend.We always had dogs at home.

Till My Mom was there,she always wanted to have one.My Dad had brought a 2 month old Alestian Female .That time it was just a week that our other dog had died.And we did not pets anymore as parting from it is very painful.We try to ignore,but could not do it for more then 2 days.The eyes attaracted everyone round.We named it Sonu.It was with us for 12 years,even after Mom expired,it was there with us and our true companion at home.Whenever me and my sis use to be alone at home,it never use to leave our side.If we go to take bath,it useto sit outside the bathroom,if we were sleeping sit neat the bed,if we were outside in Verandh,it use to sit near us.

My Mother was fond of dogs a lot.She used to feed even the stray dogs daily twice.Even the street dogs would all sit outside our gate and guard the house and would not let anyone come inside.One day someone left a broken legged dog near our gate.Mama couuld not resist it,so requested my father that we keep it inside the compond till it recovers.Called the vet and within 2 months it recovered,but that time it had gained our love,so we kept it also.But keeping a male and female was a mistake.Soon our Female dog gave birth to 7 pups.4 died after the birth and 3 survived.They very so cute.But we could not keep all of them.So had to part with the two.But could make give away the third one.So now we had 3 dogs.After mom's death,I amd MY Sis took care of 3.After my marriage,my sister alone took care of it.Everyone use to come and tell dad that we should 3 dogs as it is very expensive and laso a nuisance.But I and My Sis ignored everything .

In July this year ,Our Sonu expired.And even the male dog Chintu ran away one day.At that time I was here.I just could not do anything but cry in Silence.Some people never understand the love for your pets.They think you are crazy.Now we just have Sonu's female pup which we named Bitu.But after Bitu goes,We have decided that we will never keep a pet,not becuse we think it is nuisance,but because when a pet dies it is very painful.It's like parting from a Family Member.

I feel very bad shakehead when I see people leaving thier pet in the streets when they are unable to take care of it.But why take a responsibilty of a animal when you are not able to give proper care and love needed.As human beings need love even the animal need it.

I think a long one.Computer TypingBut some of the topics are very dear to your heart and we can'nt stop ourself from penning down our thoughts.

Regards.
Babita

 

Hello animal lovers

Just thought I should share this bit of information to you all. I am sure you must have heard about the testing done on animals for cosmetics and home products, etc. I recently came across this information and decided that I will not use products that have been tested on animals. The cosmetics at The Body Shop (available in the UK and the USA) are not tested on animals. Many home products like cleaning solutions from Coop(UK) are also not tested on animals. Just check labels in different supermarkets or check online for products not tested on animals.

When buying eggs, I opt for the free range or the barn eggs as they are from chickens that are left free to roam unlike the caged hens which are made to eat and lay eggs all the time and are hardly able to move.

I am also trying to become a vegetarian (I have reduced eating non-veg to once or twice a month) as I love animals too much and feel guilty eating them.

Mukil

 

Hello Moderators,

The forum of the month in June was "Pets and Animal lovers.

I was wondering when the winner will be announced for this contest since it is July 2nd already.

Cheers
Krithika